Poison in the Pen

Description:

A series of cruel letters upends life in a small village, and Miss Silver searches for the anonymous scribe. It is through her friend Frank Abbott, of Scotland Yard, that Miss Silver first learns of the anonymous letters. A widowed cousin of his, living in a small country village, is being tortured by an unknown author who insinuates that the young woman’s husband may not have died of natural causes. It is a case of the kind of cruelty that is all too common in the countryside, and the governess-turned-detective listens with only polite interest. Then the first death comes. Another target of the letter-writing campaign, tortured by the threats to reveal her darkest secrets, drowns herself in the manor-house pond. The Yard sends Abbott to unmask the sinister letter-writer, and he brings Miss Silver along as an undercover agent, masquerading as a tourist as she attempts to stop the next death before it happens. Miss Silver Mystery #30

subjects: Women private investigators--England--Fiction,  Mystery fiction,  Silver Maud (Fictitious character)--Fiction,  Fiction, mystery & detective, general,  Silver, maud (fictitious character), fiction,  Maud Silver (Fictitious character),  Women private investigators,  Fiction,  Large type books,  England, fiction,  London (england), fiction,  Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths,  Mystery,  Miss Silver (fictitious person)

People: Miss Maude Silver

Places: England

Times: Written in 1957