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Lonesome Road (Miss Silver,#3) by Patricia Wentworth.
I loved this mystery. Miss Silver, Rachel Traherne-the pace of the developing characters and their relationships with each other. The mystery itself was superb. One of my top favorites. 5 stars+
Rachel Traherne has been given the responsibility of being the executor of her father's will. She's in possession of great wealth and along with that a house filled with dependent relatives. Some recent events have become too stressful for her to manage ...more
I loved this mystery. Miss Silver, Rachel Traherne-the pace of the developing characters and their relationships with each other. The mystery itself was superb. One of my top favorites. 5 stars+
Rachel Traherne has been given the responsibility of being the executor of her father's will. She's in possession of great wealth and along with that a house filled with dependent relatives. Some recent events have become too stressful for her to manage ...more
Miss Silver went from being introduced at least halfway into the book, and barely present as a character, to being introduced on the very.first.page! in this one. I enjoyed this one more as a result of Miss Silver's greater presence in the plot.
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Great fun - but some of the characters are really stupid!
Wow! Ok, so this is my new addiction! Can't get enough of these clever, engrossing mysteries. Miss Silver is an entity unto herself. She's amazing.
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3.5.stars
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