The Alington Inheritance: A Miss Silver Mystery (1958)

by Patricia Wentworth

Series: Miss Silver Mysteries (31)

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The Alington Inheritance by Patricia Wentworth (1958)

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Young 17-year old orphan Jenny is rightful heir to estate. One cousin wants to kill her, one to marry her. Village gossips create trouble. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Patricia Wentworth	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Baumann, Bodo	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Carrière, Anne-Marie	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
May, Nadia	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Rapola, Sirkka	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Miss Silver Mysteries (31)

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'The tale is mine, the punctuation yours.
Oh, happy envied fate that this affords,
Firmly to dam with strong and silent stops
The flowing torrent of a woman's words!'

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Jenny sat forward in her chair.

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Another classic case for retired governess turned private detective, Miss Silver. A young girl learns that she has inherited an estate, but her distant relations plan to cheat her out of her inheritance.

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