Patricia Wentworth

10 November 1878 – 28 January 1961

This popular British writer of crime fiction was born Dora Amy Elles in India but was educated and lived in England (Wikipedia). The private detective featured in many of her novels was Miss Maud Silver, a retired governess.

• Miss Silver Comes to Stay
• Outrageous Fortune
• The Clock Strikes Twelve
• Latter End (A Miss Silver Mystery)
• The Ivory Dagger
• A Marriage Under the Terror
• Anna, Where Are You?
• Lonesome Road
• Pilgrim's Rest
• Poison in the Pen (Miss Silver #29)
• The Astonishing Adventure of Jane Smith
• The Brading Collection