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When trouble starts at a newly inherited estate, Miss Silver must intervene Uncle Martin always had a dark sense of humor. Trapped for years in his manor taking care of 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 away to a poor relation, and went to his grave a smiling man. After years of toil, Marion Brand is shocked to learn that her unknown uncle has left her show more with an estate. Now she will no longer have to break her back to care for her layabout sister; she can finally be happy. But her attempt to take charge of the estate quickly becomes messy. When a body turns up, it is only the steel-trap mind of Maud Silver that can sort out the family strife. show lessTags
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Twenty-something Marian Brand is as surprised as anyone when she learns that she has inherited a house by the sea from an estranged uncle. The house is occupied by other relatives who had been passed over by the uncle. Rather than turn them out of their home, Marian returns it to its original semi-detached state. The current residents will live in one side, and Marian and her sister and brother-in-law will live in the other. No sooner has Marian moved in than someone from the other side is murdered. But who was the intended victim? The deceased, or Marian? It’s a good thing that Miss Silver is staying with relatives in the village. It will take her ingenuity to get to the bottom of things before the murderer strikes again.
This classic show more 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 thatreaders know exactly how and when the door between the houses was unlocked. This seems to miss the point of a locked room plot. show less
This classic show more 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
A young woman inherits a home and a family that she never knew from an uncle she had never met. With that family came a mystery that only Miss Silver could solve. Another great mystery from Wentworth. One you can cozy up with and enjoy.
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- Canonical title
- Through the Wall
- Original title
- Through the Wall
- Original publication date
- 1950
- People/Characters
- Helen Adrian (singer); Mr. Ashton (solicitor); Felix Brand (pianist); Florence Brand (Mrs. Alfred Brand); Marion Brand; Eliza Cotton (show all 14); Richard Cunningham; Cyril Felton; Ina Brand Felton; Penny Halliday; Mactavish (cat); Cassy Remington; Maud Silver; Inspector Crisp
- Important places
- Farne, Ledshire, England, UK (fictional); London, England, UK; Ledshire, England, UK (fictional)
- First words
- Mr Ashton, the senior partner of Ashton & Fenwick, solicitors, looked benevolently across his broad writing-table at Miss Brand.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)'Darling, I've lived with it for twenty years. I expect I can go on.'
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