The Catherine Wheel

This is an enjoyable Miss Silver Mystery. As usual we have Ms. Wentworth's motley crew of characters that she depicts so well. We have the remarkable Miss Silver who has been asked by Chief Inspector Lamb to pay a visit to an old inn called the Chatherine-Wheel. The police have been watching this inn for a long time because of rumours of smuggling, jewel theft and drug trafficking. It's not long after Miss Silver gets there that a murder occurs, and Miss Silver and Frank Abbott are in a race against time to prevent more killings. There is nothing that the crooks that use the old inn for their illegal activities will stop at to keep their secrets safe. The pace in the book is more urgent than usual in a Miss Silver mystery, and the story is exciting. I enjoyed this book. And of course, there are Ms. Wentworth's wonderful characterizations to help it along. She makes her characters so realistic and none more so than in this book.