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Product details
- ISBN 9780340688953
- Weight: 227g
- Dimensions: 112 x 176mm
- Publication Date: 18 Sep 1997
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Somewhere among the dust and cobwebs of the sinister Benevent Mansion lies the legendary Benevent treasure. But a terrible death has been prophesied for whoever uncovers it.
When Candida Sayle is invited to visit her elderly maiden aunts, she dismisses such gloomy thoughts. But as Candida begins to discover the family’s dark secrets she puts herself in grave danger.
Thankfully Miss Silver has investigative skills of her own.
Patricia Wentworth was born in Uttarakhand, India but as a young girl moved to London to study at Blackheath High School for Girls.
After writing several romances she turned her hand to crime fiction. She wrote dozens of bestselling mysteries before her death in 1961, and is recognised as one of the mistresses of classic crime fiction.
