Patricia Wentworth (Estate)

Patricia Wentworth was born Dora Amy Elles in India in 1877, the only daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir Edmond and Lady Elles. Her father served most of his career in the British Army in India, where she spent the major part of her early life. In 1901 she married George Dillon, an Irishman serving in the Indian Army. In 1906, George died after a sudden illness. She returned to England as a widow, and started to write novels under the pen name of Patricia Wentworth. Her first novel, A Marriage under the Terror, appeared in 1910. It was an instant success and won for her a prize for best first novel. She remarried George Turnbull, also an officer in the Indian Army, and continued to write, dictating her books to her husband. The heroine of her last thirty-two books was Miss Silver, retired children’s governess-turned-professional sleuth. This series of crime novels proved to be an instant success, which has endured until the present day.
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The Case is ClosedRead more >
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Grey MaskRead more >
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Miss Silver Comes to StayRead more >
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Lonesome RoadRead more >
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The Alington InheritanceRead more >
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The Chinese ShawlRead more >
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The Annam JewelRead more >
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Danger Point / In the BalanceRead more >
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Miss Silver Intervenes / Miss Silver Deals with DeathRead more >
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The Clock Strikes TwelveRead more >
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The KeyRead more >
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The Traveller Returns / She Came BackRead more >
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Pilgrim's Rest / Dark ThreatRead more >
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Latter EndRead more >
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Spotlight / Wicked UncleRead more >
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Eternity RingRead more >
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The Case of William SmithRead more >
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The Catherine WheelRead more >
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Through the WallRead more >
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The Brading Collection / Mr Brading's CollectionRead more >
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The Ivory DaggerRead more >
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Anna, Where Are You? / Death at Deep EndRead more >
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The WatersplashRead more >
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Ladies' BaneRead more >
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Out of the PastRead more >
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Vanishing PointRead more >
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The Silent PoolRead more >
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The Benevent TreasureRead more >
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The Listening EyeRead more >
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Poison in the PenRead more >
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The FingerprintRead more >
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The Gazebo / The SummerhouseRead more >
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The Girl in the CellarRead more >
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Fool ErrantRead more >
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Danger CallingRead more >
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Walk With CareRead more >
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Down UnderRead more >
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Dead or AliveRead more >
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Rolling StoneRead more >
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The Blind SideRead more >
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Pursuit of a ParcelRead more >
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The Astonishing Adventure of Jane SmithRead more >
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The Red Lacquer CaseRead more >
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The Black CabinetRead more >
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The Dower House MysteryRead more >
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The Amazing ChanceRead more >
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Anne BelindaRead more >
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Hue and CryRead more >
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Will O' the WispRead more >
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Beggar's ChoiceRead more >
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Kingdom LostRead more >
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The ColdstoneRead more >
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Nothing VentureRead more >
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Red Danger / Red ShadowRead more >
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Seven Green Stones / Outrageous FortuneRead more >
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Devil-in-the-Dark / Touch and GoRead more >
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Fear by NightRead more >
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BlindfoldRead more >
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Red StefanRead more >
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Hole and CornerRead more >
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Mr. ZeroRead more >
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Run!Read more >
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Unlawful Occasions / Weekend with DeathRead more >
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Silence in CourtRead more >
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Who Pays the Piper?Read more >