77. Miss Silver Intervenes by Patricia Wentworth (Mystery) 326 p.

When Mrs. Underwood finds herself in trouble, she approaches Miss Silver for help, but declines to take her advice. Meanwhile, her niece Meade’s fiancé, Major Giles Armitage, thought to be drowned at sea, reappears with amnesia. And Carola Roland, the girl in the upstairs flat, makes troublesome claims about their past together. When Carola is murdered, Giles is the prime suspect—but he was only one among many who wanted her dead.

I don’t have much to say about this book. All of Patricia’s Wentworth’s mysteries are much the same in tone. This one was no different: romance between two couples, some pleasant people wrongly accused of murder, as well as some rather unpleasant people, Miss Silver at her governessy best, prim and proper and entirely anachronistic, even for the early 40’s.

Books read: 77/100 (77%)
Pages read: 23,212/25,000 (93%)

Today’s happy thought: I found some crab dip at the grocery store that I’m excited to try.

Tags: 50 Book Challenge 2007, Miss Silver, Patricia Wentworth