Danger Calling: A Benbow Smith Mystery

Danger Calling: A Benbow Smith Mystery - Paperback

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Danger Calling: A Benbow Smith Mystery

Danger Calling: A Benbow Smith Mystery - Paperback

by Patricia Wentworth
$17.26
Sale price  $17.26 Regular price 

Book Overview

"How would you like to die for your country?" asked Benbow Smith languidly.

Now that Marian has broken their engagement, Lindsay Trevor finds danger welcome, even though it means dyeing his hair red and impersonating his cousin Froth as Restow's secretary.

Who is this Restow, huge, good-natured - is he fabulously rich or desperately poor? Is he the mysterious Vulture, that master of deceit and manipulation? And there is Restow's wife, the big, tempestuous snake-charmer Gloria; Dalton, the lean, black, spider-like librarian, and Elsie Manning, Froth's friend, who is afraid - of what? When Marian comes back into his life most unexpectedly, Lindsay enters a desperate struggle against the Vulture, with Marian's life at stake.

Danger Calling was originally published in 1931, and was the second novel to feature the series character of Benbow Smith. This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.

"When I pick up a book by Patricia Wentworth I think, now to enjoy myself - and I always do." Mary Dell, Daily Mirror

ISBN9781911095477
Author Patricia Wentworth
PublisherDean Street Press
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedMay 2016
LanguageENG- English
Pages236
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Patricia Wentworth

Patricia Wentworth (1878-1961) was one of the masters of classic English mystery writing. Born in India as Dora Amy Elles, she began writing after the death of her first husband, publishing her first novel in 1910. In the 1920s, she introduced the character who would make her famous: Miss Maud Silver, the former governess whose stout figure, fondness for Tennyson, and passion for knitting served to disguise a keen intellect. Along with Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, Miss Silver is the definitive embodiment of the English style of cozy mysteries.

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