Latter End

Summary

The British sleuth who "has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot" investigates a case of marital murder (Manchester Evening News).

Lois and the Latter Brothers

Lois has always dreamed of being a Latter. The Latter brothers are both so attractive—nearly as handsome as their stately manor, Latter End. After she spoils her relationship with one brother, Lois succeeds with the other, winning his heart with her good looks and a sizeable fortune from her first marriage. But even after they''ve wed, she never quite fits in with the family. Still, she hardly expects them to kill her.

The Murder

When the psychic Memnon warns her of murder by poison, Lois laughs it off and so does everyone else, but then, like clockwork, she''s dead. The weapon? Poison, of course. Only the brilliant governess-turned-detective Miss Maud Silver can solve this tantalizing case complicated by the bitterness that infests Latter End.

Praise for Patricia Wentworth

"Miss Wentworth is a first-rate storyteller." —The Daily Telegraph

"Patricia Wentworth has created a great detective in Miss Silver, the little old lady who nobody notices, but who in turn notices everything." —Paula Gosling, CWA Gold Dagger Award winner

"Some of the best examples of the British country-house murder mystery." —Alfred Hitchcock''s Mystery Magazine