Mr. Zero
This book is a member of the special collection Special Collection: The Works of Patricia Wentworth (1878-1961)
Book Details
| Title: | Mr. Zero | ||||||||||
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| Published: | 1938 | ||||||||||
| Publisher: | J. B. Lippincott | ||||||||||
| Tags: | fiction, mystery | ||||||||||
| Description: | Blurb from back cover: Gay Harkwicke has had her fill of her giddy cousin’s predicaments. But when Lady Sylvia Colesborough cries blackmail, Gay listens twice. A mysterious Mr Zero has asked Sylvia to steal important government papers from her prestigious husband, Sir Francis, and from the Home Secretary. Otherwise, he will reveal her huge gambling debts. Gay begs Sylvia to confess to Sir Francis. But she refuses, and the die is cast. Hoping to scare Mr Zero off, Gay and her fiancé, Algy, rush to the scene of the saboteur’s rendezvous. But by the time they arrive, murder will be done, as well as espionage. And Algy, assistant to the Home Secretary, will be the prime suspect. Somehow Gay must foil the murderous Zero ... or lose the man she loves. [Suggest a different description.] |
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| Downloads: | 773 | ||||||||||
| Pages: | 124  |
Author Bio for Elles, Dora Amy
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."
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