Her A Miss Silver mystery

A young woman goes to the country to reconnect with old relatives, and stumbles on a murder only Miss Silver can solve An orphan of the Second World War, Candida Sayle has gotten so used to life with her guardian that she never considered that she might have a family somewhere. When her guardian dies, a letter appears from an unheard-of aunt, informing Candida that it is time for her to return to the Benevent family fold. The young woman ventures to the country, and finds a strange pair of spinsters who spend their days obsessing over family lore and its rumors of a long-lost Italian treasure. Bizarre though it is, the environment comforts Candida—as do the attentions of her aunt’s handsome young secretary. But her vacation goes off the rails when death strikes the house, and the brilliant detective Maud Silver joins the party to investigate the possible murder. The Benevent family history is about to get a dark new chapter.

A Miss Silver seaside mystery. A selfish, grasping man crashes a country party whose guests include his jilted bride (now married to another), his stepmother, and a former lover. He blackmails them all--when he is murdered, Miss Silver and Frank Abbott must untangle the mystery.

Miss Silver travels to the country to investigate a young man who may be deceiving his wife. No one has seen Allegra Trent since she got married. Her husband swept her off her feet and out of London, to a faraway town called Bleake. She has stopped writing letters, and her family has begun to worry. Allegra’s husband is a strange man, consumed with the dream of owning a ramshackle medieval estate, and he intends to use his new wife’s money to do it. Why he wants to live there no one knows, but Josepha Bowden does not want his castle to become her goddaughter’s prison. She asks the help of Maud Silver, the former governess who now makes a living using her reason to unravel the intricacies of murder. There has been no killing in Bleake, but if Miss Silver doesn’t intervene quickly, there could be one soon.

Two seemingly unconnected people--a gardener known to like his drink and a selfish, flirtatious nurse--are found dead in the shallow ford only a week apart. Rumor and suspicion spread quickly in the small town, where Miss Silver just happens to be visiting the daughter of an old school friend. Years before, after quarrelling with an uncle, Edward Random had disappeared. Everyone had their favorite theory: he was in prison for killing a man in a duel; he was lost in the Orient; dead. After five years, the uncle wrote a new will leaving his considerable wealth to another. Now Edward has returned, alive and well and ready to start living again. But the old family feud and suspicion of murder threaten his future. The demure and brilliant Miss Silver is drawn into the case. Will she be able to identify the killer, bring young lovers together, and finish her baby sweaters? Miss Silver mystery #21

A collector enlists Miss Silver’s help when his valuable jewels attract criminal attention. He cannot say why, but Lewis Brading is an uneasy man. A collector of valuable jewels, he has taken the utmost precautions to safeguard what is most precious to him. He houses his gems in a concrete annex, protected by a reinforced steel door, the latest security system, and his own watchful eye. No one has a key but himself and his assistant, and he doesn’t doubt that his servant will remain true. The man in his employ is a criminal, and if anything should happen to Brading or his gems, the police will look to him first. And yet, he suspects something may be wrong. He consults Maud Silver, the demure detective, and she tells him to fire his assistant and send his collection to a museum. Ignoring her advice may be the last mistake Lewis Brading ever makes.