The Clock Strikes Twelve
Maud Silver (Fictitious character)Women private investigators--England--FictionFictionWomen private investigatorsFiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths
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**Miss Silver investigates the murder of a great British industrialist.** Though they share a manor house, the Paradines are not close, and their patriarch does nothing to discourage the petty jealousies that divide wealthy families. A cold figure, James Paradine prefers work to his relations, but on New Year’s Eve he convenes the household. Valuable plans have been stolen from his office, and only one person could be to blame. He knows the culprit’s name, and gives the thief until midnight to come forward. By midnight, James Paradine is dead. Was it the thief who killed him, or could it have been someone else, acting on different motives entirely? The local constables are baffled, and it is left to prim detective Maud Silver to out the murderer.
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Maud Silver (Fictitious character)Women private investigators--England--FictionFictionWomen private investigatorsFiction, mystery & detective, women sleuthsSilver, maud (fictitious character), fiction
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Setting
EnglandWritten in 1944Begins New Year's Eve1942
About the author
Patricia Wentworth
10 November 1878 – 28 January 1961
This popular British writer of crime fiction was born Dora Amy Elles in India but was educated and lived in England (<a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Wentworth>Wikipedia</a>). The private detective featured in many of her novels was <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Silver>Miss Maud Silver</a>, a retired governess.
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