Wicked Uncle

Great, as always, is Miss Silver by Patricia Wentworth. This one is the most 'romantic' of all her mysteries I have read so far, but about halfway through, the storyline feels more like a Miss Silver mystery again! Great read-hard to put these down.

This book is really a 3 but I gave it a 4 because I had so much fun with it in a nonlinear way. A blackmailer (no surprise, revealed early on) has a houseparty and in the great British spirit of hospitality invites a houseful of people he is either currently blackmailing or plans to blackmail during the weekend. Schedule: 8 am Breakfast kippers 9 am Blackmail 10 am walk in garden 11 am Blackmail 12 pm Tennis and blackmail 1 pm Lunch watercress sandwiches 2 pm spot of blackmail 3 pm blackmailing for extra credit 4 pm tea with crumpets and blackmail Anyway, guess who gets stabbed during a rousing game of charades? And guess who did it? The police can't. So they have to bring in Miss Silver who spouts Tennyson and knits an infant's vest out of fluffy pink yarn before solving the case.