Silver, Maud (Fictitious character)

Out of the past by Patricia Wentworth( Book )
15 editions published between 1953 and 2006 in English and held by 509 libraries worldwide

Poison in the pen by Patricia Wentworth( Book )
9 editions published between 1954 and 2001 in English and Russian and held by 439 libraries worldwide
When a mysterious suicide follows an outbreak of poison pen letters in the quiet village of Tilling Green, Detective Inspector Frank Abbott of Scotland Yard dispatches Miss Silver to investigate. It soon becomes apparent to Miss Silver that the suicide was murder and that there is a vicious and determined killer at work.

The traveller returns by Patricia Wentworth( Book )
11 editions published between 1945 and 2010 in English and Italian and held by 412 libraries worldwide
Three and a half years is a long time to be dead, as Lady Anne Jocelyn discovers when she returns from Occupied France to find a tombstone to her memory in the family burial ground. Varying degrees of welcome prove to Lady Anne that "the living close their ranks." Only Lyndall Armitage is wholeheartedly glad to have her back. Her husband's attorney points out to him that to reject his wife might bear unpleasant implications, she having left a not inconsiderable fortune. At last, Sir Philip yields to Anne's plea for a six-month retrial of their old marriage. But a murder raises old doubts, and he thinks longingly again of Lyndall, with whom he is in love. It takes two murders, an attempted third, and the unobtrusively ubiquitous Miss Silver to prove Sir Philip's theory regarding his young wife's return from the dead.

The gazebo by Patricia Wentworth( Book )
9 editions published between 1955 and 2010 in English and held by 403 libraries worldwide

The key by Patricia Wentworth( Book )
8 editions published between 1944 and 2008 in English and held by 360 libraries worldwide

The Benevent treasure by Patricia Wentworth( Book )
9 editions published between 1954 and 2008 in English and held by 354 libraries worldwide
While on vacaation atthe seashore, Candida Sayle takes the recommendation of two old ladies dressed in black that she go for a nice walk along the seashore. High tide doesn't occur until 11 P.M., so she has plenty of time for a stroll .... but the old ladies are wrong, and Candida soon finds herself trapped on the tiny ledge of a very high cliff by a tide that came rolling in .... The teen-ager is rescued by a young man who is studying to be an architect. When they get back to the hotel, the two ladies in black have vanished. Five years pass while Candida, who is an orphan, nurses her aunt Barbara through her final illness. After her aunt's death, Candida receives a letter from the Benevent sisters, inviting her to come live on the ancestral estate with them. They represent a branch of the family that would have nothing to do with Candida's grandmother after her marriage. Nevertheless Candida decides to pay a prolonged visit with her great-aunts (whom she has never met), since she has nowhere else go. Candida makes a well-mannered entrance to the old, Elizabethan family manor at tea-time and we get our first glimpse of the two great-aunts: forbidding, ramrod-stiff Cara (the youngest sister); and timid Olivia. Right away, the mysteries begin to pile up. Candida dozes off for a second while her Great-Aunt Cara is droning on about the proud family lineage, and she dreams that her two old relatives are actually the women in black who tried to drown her five years past. The hidden family treasure (emerald buttons, gold plate, a golden figurine by Cellini) is mentioned. Mysterious hints are dropped as to the disappearance of the Benevents' previous secretary along with a portion of the family jewels. No wonder Candida sees someone creeping into her bedroom through a hidden entrance in the middle of the night, and decides to seek Miss Maud Silver's help!

The girl in the cellar by Patricia Wentworth( Book )
10 editions published between 1965 and 2009 in English and French and held by 346 libraries worldwide
A young woman regains consciousness and finds herself on some cellar steps. At the bottom of the steps is the corpse of a dead girl. She cannot remember who she is, what has happened or why she is there. Terrified and confused she manages to find a way out and, as she flees, she runs into Miss Silver, who offers to help her. A letter in her bag is the only clue to her identity. But by investigating what has happened to her will she find herself in danger? Can she trust the letter-writer? And who is the girl in the cellar?

Eternity ring by Patricia Wentworth( Book )
11 editions published between 1948 and 2007 in English and Russian and held by 336 libraries worldwide
Detective Sergeant Frank Abbott asks Miss Maud Silver for help when Mary Stokes reports having witnessed the murder of a woman wearing unusual earrings in the "eternity ring" pattern, but no one can find the body.

Anna, where are you by Patricia Wentworth( Book )
12 editions published between 1951 and 2010 in English and German and held by 329 libraries worldwide
Hired to investigate the disappearance of the governess of the three Craddock children at Deepe House, Miss Silver assumes the young woman's vacant position. With time running out and the iron-fisted grip of terror taking hold, Miss Silver has more on her hands than even she could have speculated.

Ladies' Bane by Patricia Wentworth( Book )
7 editions published between 1952 and 2011 in English and held by 323 libraries worldwide
Immediately on her arrival at Ladies' House--a medieval manor house known by a sinister local legend as Ladies' Bane--Ione Muir realizes that all is not right with her newly married sister, Allegra. When it becomes obvious that Allegra is under the influence of narcotics, Miss Silver is called in to investigate the mysterious goings on at the frightening mansion.