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The Ivory Dagger
Patricia Wentworth
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Description for The Ivory Dagger
Paperback. One of the mistresses of classic cime fiction, Patricia Wentworth returns with a Miss Silver mystery in stunning new packaging. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 68 x 23. Weight in Grams: 236.
Bill Waring, collecting his wits in hospital after a train crash, receives only one letter from Lila Dryden, his fiancée. When he discovers Lady Dryden, Lila's guardian, has pressured her into an engagement with Herbert Whitall, he is furious.
Herbert Whitall is aggressive, with a cold-hearted possessiveness that expands past the bounds of his ivory collection he can't bear to lose. His employees hate him, Lila is terrified of him and it appears he has a hold on Lady Dryden.
When a dagger in Whitall's collection becomes the instrument of his own death there are many ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Series
Miss Silver Series
Condition
New
Weight
235g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340897874
SKU
V9780340897874
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About 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. ... Read more
Reviews for The Ivory Dagger
Praise for Patricia Wentworth: 'Miss Silver has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot'
Manchester Evening News
You can't go wrong with Miss Maud Silver
Observer
Miss Silver is marvellous
Daily Mail
Miss Wentworth is a first-rate storyteller
Daily Telegraph
Manchester Evening News
You can't go wrong with Miss Maud Silver
Observer
Miss Silver is marvellous
Daily Mail
Miss Wentworth is a first-rate storyteller
Daily Telegraph