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Loading... Through the Wall (1950)by Patricia Wentworth
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Fiction.
Mystery.
HTML:Governess-turned-sleuth Miss Silver takes on a murder case involving a surprise inheritance and a feuding family. Martin Brand always had a dark sense of humor. Surrounded by relatives he despised, he looked forward to the day when, dead and buried, he would no longer have to concern himself with them. As a last joke, he willed his entire fortune to a poor relation, and went to his grave a smiling man. After years of toil caring for her layabout sister, Marion Brand is shocked to learn her unknown uncle has left her his estate. Now, she can finally be happy. But claiming the riches isn't so simple. Before long someone is deadâ??and it will be up to Miss Maud Silver to find the kill No library descriptions found. |
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![]() GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.912Literature English English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1901-1945LC ClassificationRatingAverage:![]()
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This classic mystery has elements of both a country house mystery and a locked room mystery. The locked doors between the two sides of the house seem to limit the murder suspects to those on one side of the house. I was disappointed that