Case is Closed

by Patricia Wentworth

Book Overview

Miss Silver must use all of her sleuthing skills to uncover the culprit in the slippery Everton case, especially since the wrong man has already spent a year in jail for a murder he didn't commit Miss Silver mysteries always manage to make the fantastic quite pleasurably plausible. . . .--Alfred Hitchcock Magazine.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446344710
• ISBN13: 9780446344715
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Warner Books (NY)
• Length: 253 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

I got a different cover than I ordered. First time it’s happened but sad about it

I ordered six miss silver books, all with the same style of cover, but The Case is closed arrives with a different style (and size) and it’s creepy and I don’t like it. Not a huge deal but I just take time to look for all the same style so weird that a swap happened

A charming period piece

This Miss Silver mystery focuses on the struggle for power in male-female relationships - on the light-hearted side, in the signature "nice young couple" (Hilary and Henry), while a villain displays dominance and abuse. We gain a picture of life among the well-bred if not well-fed as we follow Hilary's attempts to clear her cousin's husband Geoffrey, who has been convicted of the murder of his uncle. The attitudes and sensitivities of a different time are on display as Hilary's cousin copes with the degradation of having to earn a living as a couturier's model, and the loss of not only her husband, but the children she had hoped to have. Henry is not at all sure that the conviction was unjust, but the villains behave sufficiently suspiciously that he brings in governess-turned-private-enquiry-agent-Miss Silver, who discovers a decidedly dated motive for the down-trodden housekeeper's behavior. Some near escapes, tricky timetables and elaborate plots complete this tale from mystery's Golden Age. And with Miss Silver taking a hand, the happy ending and the triumph of justice are a comfortable certainty.