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Special Collection: The Works of Patricia Wentworth (1878-1961)

Dora Amy Elles (November 10, 1878 - January 28, 1961) wrote under the pen name of Patricia Wentworth. She was a British crime writer, best known for her Miss Silver Mysteries, though she also wrote romantic novels. Miss Silver is frequently compared to Agatha Christie's Jane Marple, though Patricia Wentworth's first Miss Silver novel pre-dated Agatha Christie's first Miss Marple novel by two years, and may well have inspired Agatha Christie.

In Marion Shaw & Sabine Vanacker's book Reflecting on Miss Marple, they said: "while Miss Marple may receive ten times the attention as Miss Silver, ... the woefully neglected Miss Silver is the real deal - a professional investigator and a stand-up woman, a true forerunner of all future female private eyes."

Information on Patricia Wentworth:

Unmarked works which are hyperlinked are available on Faded Page.

Works marked with a * are currently under development at Distributed Proofreaders Canada and will be made available over the next few months.

Works marked with a † are available on the Project Gutenberg US site.

Miss Silver Novels
  1. Grey Mask (1928)
  2. The Case is Closed (1937)
  3. Lonesome Road (1939)
  4. Danger Point (1941) aka In the Balance
  5. The Chinese Shawl (1943)
  6. Miss Silver Intervenes (1943) aka Miss Silver Deals with Death
  7. The Clock Strikes Twelve (1944)
  8. The Key (1944)
  9. She Came Back (1945) aka The Traveller Returns
  10. Pilgrim's Rest (1946) aka Dark Threat
  11. Latter End (1947)
  12. Spotlight (1947) aka Wicked Uncle
  13. The Case of William Smith (1948)
  14. Eternity Ring (1948)
  15. The Catherine Wheel (1949)
  16. Miss Silver Comes to Stay (1949)
  17. The Brading Collection (1950) aka Mr Brading's Collection
  18. The Ivory Dagger (1950)
  19. Through the Wall (1950)
  20. Anna Where Are You? (1951) aka Death at Deep End
  21. The Watersplash (1951)
  22. Ladies Bane (1952)
  23. Out of the Past (1953)
  24. The Silent Pool (1953)
  25. The Vanishing Point (1953)
  26. The Benevent Treasure (1954)
  27. The Gazebo (1955) aka The Summerhouse
  28. The Listening Eye (1955)
  29. Poison in the Pen (1955)
  30. The Fingerprint (1956)
  31. The Alington Inheritance (1958)
  32. The Girl in the Cellar (1961)
Benbow Smith
  1. Fool Errant (1929)
  2. Danger Calling (1931)
  3. Walk With Care (1933)
  4. Down Under (1937)
Frank Garrett
  1. Dead or Alive (1936)
  2. Rolling Stone (1940)
Ernest Lamb
  1. The Blind Side (1939)
  2. Who Pays the Piper (1940) aka Account Rendered
  3. Pursuit of a Parcel (1942)
Other works