Pilgrim's Rest

Patricia Wentworth

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Judy Elliot, meeting an old friend, Detective Sergeant Abbott tells him that, having been left the custody of her motherless little niece, she is taking a domestic job in the country with a family named Pilgrim. Frank is appalled, mysterious deaths have been taking place there. A curse is on the house of Pilgrim's Rest and by the time Miss Silver investigates she has four murders to solve.

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Praise for Pilgrim's Rest

  • A particular favourite - Andrew TaylorMiss Silver is marvellous - Daily Mail. . . some of the best examples of the British country-house murder mystery - Alfred Hitchcock magazineMiss Silver has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot - Manchester Evening NewsMiss Wentworth is a first rate story-teller - Daily TelegraphYou can't go wrong with Miss Maud Silver - ObserverMiss Wentworth's plot is ingenious, her characterization acute, her solution satisfying - The ScotsmanPatricia Wentworth has created a great detective in Miss Silver, the little old lady who nobody notices, but who in turn notices everything - Paula Gosling

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Patricia Wentworth

Patricia Wentworth

Patricia Wentworth was born in Uttarakhand, India but as a young girl moved to London to study at Blackheath High School for Girls.

After writing several romances she turned her hand to crime fiction. She wrote dozens of bestselling mysteries before her death in 1961, and is recognised as one of the mistresses of classic crime fiction.

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