The Listening Eye - Miss Silver, Bk 28 Author:Patricia Wentworth No one would ever have guessed that Paulina Paine was deaf, and that her ability to lipread was astonishing. So the two men who met one day during the showing of a new art exhibition did not realise until too late that the middle-aged tweedy figure sitting out of earshot could understand every word they said. And it had been no ordinary conversa... more »tion. In fact, Paulina was so shaken by its implications that she went to see Miss Silver straight away. As the violence escalates, Miss Silver finds herself at a very tense house party where all the guests are linked in some way to Paulina. And one of them is a killer.« less
A new format for Miss Silver. This time she was introduced from the beginning of the story not in the last third. This is a good mystery that will keep you guessing until the end. Recommend.
I never get tired of Wentworth's "Miss Silvers" and her investigations. I'm getting to the end of this series, as there are four more left, which I have. I just wish her many other stand-alone novels were easier to obtain.
In this one, there are many suspects, and almost as many red herrings. And just when you think Wentworth has just tossed in some filler, you realize it was an important element to the plot.
Unfortunately, my copy has a large tear on the cover which makes it unpostable, so I can't share it here. But, as of today, there is another copy available.