Patricia Wentworth
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.
Works (45)
Miss Silver Comes to Stay
Outrageous Fortune
Poison in the Pen (Miss Silver #29)
The Clock Strikes Twelve
Latter End (A Miss Silver Mystery)
The Catherine Wheel
Miss Silver Intervenes (A Miss Silver Mystery)
A Marriage Under the Terror
Anna, Where Are You?
The Blind Side
The Astonishing Adventure of Jane Smith
The Gazebo
The Listening Eye
Pilgrim's Rest
The Ivory Dagger
Lonesome Road
The Brading Collection
The Case of William Smith (A Miss Silver Mystery)
The Alington Inheritance (A Miss Silver Mystery)
The Chinese Shawl (A Miss Silver thriller)
Nothing venture
Grey Mask
She Came Back (A Miss Silver Mystery)
Silence in Court
Out of the Past (A Miss Silver Mystery)
Dangerpoint (Crime Club)
The Benevent Treasure (A Miss Silver Mystery)
The coldstone
Mr. Zero
The Silent Pool (A Miss Silver Mystery)
The Key (A Miss Silver Mystery)
Ladies' Bane (A Miss Silver Mystery)
The Case Is Closed
The Fingerprint
Vanishing Point (A Miss Silver Mystery)
Through the Wall (A Miss Silver Mystery)
The Devil's wind
Spotlight
Touch and go
The Watersplash (A Miss Silver Mystery)
The Girl in the Cellar
The Dower House mystery
Weekend with death
Beggar's Choice
Eternity Ring (A Miss Silver Mystery)