The Clock Strikes Twelve by Patricia Wentworth
New Year's Eve, 1940, is unusual for the Paradine family. Departing from tradition, James Paradine makes a speech that changes the course of many lives. Valuable documents have disappeared. A member of the family has taken them. The culprit has until midnight to confess and return the papers. A few minutes after twelve James Paradine is dead. It is left to Miss Silver to disentangle the threads that bind the Paradine family in a strange web of dislike, hatred and fear.
Miss Silver has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot * Manchester Evening News *
Wentworth is a first-rate storyteller * Daily Telegraph *
Miss Silver is marvellous * Daily Mail *
. . some of the best examples of the British country-house murder mystery * Alfred Hitchcock Magazine *
You can't go wrong with Miss Maud Silver. * Observer *
Wentworth is a first-rate storyteller * Daily Telegraph *
Miss Silver is marvellous * Daily Mail *
. . some of the best examples of the British country-house murder mystery * Alfred Hitchcock Magazine *
You can't go wrong with Miss Maud Silver. * Observer *
Patricia Wentworth was born in Uttarakhand, India but as a young girl moved to London to study at Blackheath High School for Girls. After writing several romances she turned her hand to crime fiction. She wrote dozens of bestselling mysteries before her death in 1961, and is recognised as one of the mistresses of classic crime fiction.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340682623 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340682620 |
| Title | The Clock Strikes Twelve |
| Author | Patricia Wentworth |
| Series | Miss Silver Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 1989-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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