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Summary: Miss Silver Saves the Day-- Again
Review: I have no idea how many Miss Silver books were published but I'm sure that there were a lot. By the time this book was published (early 60's?) Miss Silver was only brought on stage in the middle of the book and as sort of a Dues ex Machina. In fact there isn't much mystery here because the author doesn't make any effort to conceal the identity of the murderer. The only suspense is how the story is going to unwind. The story starts with a hit and run incident that results in the death of Miss Garston. Miss Garston had in her care Jennifer Hill, a 17 year old girl who was supposed to be the illigitimate daughter of a local land owner who was killed in World War II. With her dying breath though, Miss Garston reveals that she believed Jennifer's parents were married, which would make Jennifer the heir to the Alington inheritance, not the current estate holders-- Mac Forbes, this widowed mother, and three siblings. Partly a Cindarella story and partly a village mystery (without the mystery) this story meanders its way through gossip, skullduggery and other assorted mayhem. It's not stunning and it's kind of cliched, but it's readable, particularly if you are in the mood for this type of homely British mystery.
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Summary: Miss Silver Saves the Day-- Again
Review: I have no idea how many Miss Silver books were published but I'm sure that there were a lot. By the time this book was published (early 60's?) Miss Silver was only brought on stage in the middle of the book and as sort of a Dues ex Machina. In fact there isn't much mystery here because the author doesn't make any effort to conceal the identity of the murderer. The only suspense is how the story is going to unwind. The story starts with a hit and run incident that results in the death of Miss Garston. Miss Garston had in her care Jennifer Hill, a 17 year old girl who was supposed to be the illigitimate daughter of a local land owner who was killed in World War II. With her dying breath though, Miss Garston reveals that she believed Jennifer's parents were married, which would make Jennifer the heir to the Alington inheritance, not the current estate holders-- Mac Forbes, this widowed mother, and three siblings. Partly a Cindarella story and partly a village mystery (without the mystery) this story meanders its way through gossip, skullduggery and other assorted mayhem. It's not stunning and it's kind of cliched, but it's readable, particularly if you are in the mood for this type of homely British mystery.
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