Touch and Go: A Golden Age Mystery

Touch and Go: A Golden Age Mystery - Paperback

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Touch and Go: A Golden Age Mystery - Paperback

Touch and Go: A Golden Age Mystery - Paperback

by Patricia Wentworth
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by Patricia Wentworth (Author)

"I know what we'll do. We'll play Devil-in-the dark."

When Sarah Trent was engaged as governess to seventeen-year-old Lucilla Hildred, she didn't bargain for a series of sinister occurrences--scary noises, the nocturnal rattle of claws against glass, a sabotaged bicycle. Then there is a neighbouring burglary, leaving a set of muddy footprints--but whose?

Sarah comes to suspect that someone is trying to kill the orphaned Lucilla, sole heir to a fortune. Is it visiting American John Brown, or could Lucilla be playing a deceptive game of her own? Someone is poised, waiting like a snake to strike, and Lucilla may not be the only prey...

Touch and Go was originally published in 1934 (original UK title: Devil in the Dark). 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

Number of Pages: 220
Dimensions: 0.46 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN
Publication Date: July 04, 2016
ISBN9781911413233
Author Patricia Wentworth
PublisherDean Street Press
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedJuly 2016
LanguageENG- English
Pages220
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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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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