In the Balance - Patricia Wentworth

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n nHis first wife died suddenly--and his wealthy new bride may be about to meet a similar fate . . . n n Former schoolteacher Miss Maud Silver is making her way back to London when, with a violent shudder of the train, a young woman is thrust into her compartment. She is beautiful, well dressed, newly married, and wealthy--which may be about to get her killed. n n In a state of shock, Lisle Jerningham explains that she fled her home in a hurry when she overheard a sinister conversation through the bushes. Her new husband's first wife died in an apparent accident, and the resultant infusion of cash saved his family home. Now, he is broke again--and trying to engineer a second convenient mishap. Miss Silver is unsure whether the drama is real or a figment of Lisle's imagination--but if this frightened young lady is a target for murder, the killer will have to deal with the governess-turned-sleuth first. n n Starring a mature sleuth who has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot, In the Balance is a classic British mystery (Manchester Evening News). n n nMiss Wentworth is a first-rate storyteller. --The Daily Telegraphn n n nMiss Silver has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot. --Manchester Evening News n n n nYou can't go wrong with Miss Maud Silver. --The Observern n n nPatricia Wentworth (1878-1961) was one of the masters of classic English mystery writing. Born in India as Dora Amy Elles, she

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