Patricia Wentworth
Patricia Wentworth is the pen name of Dora Amy Elles (1878-1961), a British author of crime fiction. She is best known for her Miss Silver character. She attended Blackheath High School in London and was also educated privately. She married twice and had one daughter.

Patricia Wentworth became a published author in 1910 with the novel A Marriage Under The Terror, which won the Melrose award. Her final novel was the Miss Silver novel The Girl in the Cellar, which was published in 1961 (the same year she died). Below is a list of Patricia Wentworth’s books in order of when they were originally published:

Publication Order of Miss Silver Books

Grey Mask (1928)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Case is Closed (1937)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lonesome Road (1939)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Danger Point / In the Balance (1941)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Chinese Shawl (1943)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Miss Silver Deals with Death / Miss Silver Intervenes (1943)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Clock Strikes Twelve (1944)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Key (1944)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
She Came Back / The Traveller Returns (1945)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Pilgrim's Rest / Dark Threat (1946)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Latter End (1947)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Wicked Uncle / Spotlight (1947)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Case of William Smith (1948)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Eternity Ring (1948)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Catherine Wheel (1949)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Miss Silver Comes to Stay (1949)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Bradling Collection / Mr Bradling's Collection (1950)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Ivory Dagger (1950)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Through The Wall (1950)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
'Anna, Where Are You?' / Death at Deep End (1951)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Watersplash (1951)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ladies' Bane (1952)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Out of the Past (1953)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Silent Pool (1953)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Vanishing Point (1953)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Benevent Treasure (1954)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Gazebo / The Summerhouse (1955)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Listening Eye (1955)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Poison in the Pen (1955)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Fingerprint (1956)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Alington Inheritance (1958)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Girl in the Cellar (1961)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Benbow Smith Books

Publication Order of Ernest Lamb Books

The Blind Side (1939)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Who Pays the Piper? (1940)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Pursuit of a Parcel (1942)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Frank Garrett Books

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

A Marriage Under the Terror (1910)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Fire Within (1913)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Queen Anne is Dead (1915)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Astonishing Adventure of Jane Smith (1923)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Annam Jewel (1924)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Red Lacquer Case (1924)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Black Cabinet (1925)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Dower House Mystery (1925)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Amazing Chance (1926)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hue and Cry (1927)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Anne Belinda (1927)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Will o' the Wisp (1928)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Kingdom Lost (1930)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Coldstone (1930)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Beggar's Choice (1930)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Red Shadow / Red Danger (1932)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Nothing Venture (1932)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Outrageous Fortune / Seven Green Stones (1933)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Touch and Go / Devil in the Dark (1934)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Fear by Night (1934)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Red Stefan (1935)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Blindfold (1935)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hole and Corner (1936)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Run! (1938)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mr. Zero (1938)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Unlawful Occasions / Weekend with Death (1941)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Silence in Court (1945)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Devil's Wind (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Notes: Danger Point was later re-published as In the Balance. Miss Silver Intervenes was also known as Miss Silver Deals with Death. She Came Back is also known as The Traveller Returns. Pilgrim’s Rest was also titled Dark Threat. Spotlight was also published as Wicked Uncle. The Brading Collection is also known as Mr. Brading’s Collection. Anna Where Are You? is also known as Death at Deep End. The Gazebo was also published as The Summerhouse.

Red Danger is also known as Red Shadow. Seven Green Stones is also known as Outrageous Fortune. Devil in the Dark was also published as Touch and Go. Unlawful Occasions was also titled Weekend with Death.

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