Patricia Wentworth
1878-1961
 

Pseudoniem of Dora Amy Elles. She was born in Mussoorie, India. In 1928, she created 'Miss Maud Silver', a spinster private eye in London.

 

Titles and year of publication:  

'Maud Silver' Novels
 1) Grey Mask  1928
 2) The Case Is Closed  1937
 3) Lonesome Road  1939
 4) Danger Point (US Title: In the Balance [1941])  1942
 5) The Chinese Shawl  1943
 6) Miss Silver Intervenes (US Title: Miss Silver Deals with Death [1943])  1944
 7) The Clock Strikes Twelve  1944
 8) The Key  1944
 9) Pilgrim's Rest (Also published as: Dark Threat [1951])  1946
10) Latter End  1947
11) The Traveller Returns (US Title: She Came Back [1945])  1948
12) Eternity Ring  1948
13) The Case of William Smith  1948
14) Spotlight (US Title: Wicked Uncle [1947])  1949
15) Miss Silver Comes to Stay  1949
16) The Catherine Wheel  1949
17) Through the Wall  1950
18) The Brading Collection (Also published as: Mr. Brading's Collection [1987])  1950
19) The Ivory Dagger  1951
20) Anna, Where Are You? (Also published as: Death at Deep End [1963])  1951
21) The Watersplash  1951
22) Ladies' Bane  1952
23) Out of the Past  1953
24) Vanishing Point  1953
25) The Silent Pool  1954
26) The Benevent Treasure  1953
27) The Listening Eye  1955
28) Poison in the Pen  1955
29) The Gazebo (Also published as: The Summerhouse [1967])  1956
30) The Fingerprint  1956
31) The Alington Inheritance  1958
32) The Girl in the Cellar  1961
Other Novels
 1) The Fire Within  1913
 2) The Astonishing Adventure of Jane Smith  1923
 3) The Annam Jewel  1924
 4) The Red Lacquer Case  1924
 5) The Black Cabinet  1925
 6) The Dower House Mystery  1925
 7) The Amazing Chance  1926
 8) Anne Belinda  1927
 9) Hue and Cry  1927
10) Will-o'-the-Wisp  1928
11) Fool Errant  1929
12) Beggar's Choice  1930
13) The Coldstone  1930
14) Kingdom Lost  1930
15) Danger Calling  1931
16) Nothing Venture  1932
17) Red Danger (US Title: Red Shadow [1932])  1932
18) Seven Green Stones (US Title: Outrageous Fortune [1933])  1933
19) Walk with Care  1933
20) Devil-in-the-Dark (US Title: Touch and Go [1934])  1934
21) Fear by Night  1934
22) Blindfold  1935
23) Red Stefan  1935
24) Dead or Alive  1936
25) Hole and Corner  1936
26) Down Under  1937
27) Mr. Zero  1938
28) Run!  1938
29) The Blind Side  1939
30) Rolling Stone  1940
31) Who Pays the Piper? (US Title: Account Rendered [1940])  1940
32) Unlawful Occasions (US Title: Weekend with Death [1941])  1941
33) Pursuit of a Parcel  1942
34) Silence in Court  1945

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