The Girl in the Cellar
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4.0 • 55 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
A tale of memory loss and murder starring a sleuth who "has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot" (Manchester Evening News).
She awakes in a dark place. A young woman with a shattered memory, she knows neither who she is nor how she came to be in this abandoned house. All she possesses is a faint sense that someone is lying dead at the foot of the stairs. Horrifyingly, she is correct. In the cellar lies a young woman, her body broken, her head split, her life undone by a revolver's shell. The amnesiac flees and finally has a stroke of luck: She meets Maud Silver.
A dowdy governess turned daring detective, Miss Silver sees immediately that something is wrong. She comforts the confused young woman, and coaxes out of her what little story she can tell. The memory of the body sets Miss Silver on a fantastic adventure—the last written by Patricia Wentworth, and one of the most thrilling of them all.
Customer Reviews
If only there were more of Miss Silver
Though this book is not is my favorite of the Miss Silver mysteries, it is still very good and is the final visit with the delightful ex-governess turned private detective. No series can last forever. My favorites are those when she is more involved directly with Lamb and Abbott in the investigation, and then has a cozy chat at the end with Abbott over Sunday afternoon tea. They are all excellent, however. I revisit them periodically for a bit of mystery comfort food.