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The Chinese Shawl - Patricia Wentworth

Description: ISBN 0340108991 / Author: Patricia Wentworth / Genre: Crime / Thriller / Acclaimed crime classics, beautifully repackaged for a new ... more

The Chinese Shawl - Patricia Wentworth ... generation of fans. Tanis Lyie was one of those passionate women who always get their own way. Her cousin Laura hated her. Most women did. But men found her irresistible and she used them mercilessly. So when Tanis was found murdered there seemed to be any number of suspects on hand. But Miss Silver had her own suspicions...

Newest Review: ... Wentworth's Miss Silver series is very much of the old school of crime fiction. This particular book is set in the 1940s and ... more

... this is very obvious, both from the background to the characters and the language. Although Wentworth has her own style, her work can be likened to that of Agatha Christie, and many think that her character, Miss Silver, is a direct rip-off of Miss Marple. There are no doubt similarities, but I still love reading the Miss Silver books and this one is probably one of her best. As so often happens with this series, Miss Silver is almost an afterthought and in this book, she doesn't appear until about half way...more

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The Chinese Shawl - Patricia Wentworth: Death by shawl? (735 words)
by sunmeilan - written on 12.10.07 (Very useful, 81 readings)
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Laura Fane is part of a somewhat dysfunctional family. Her father ran away with her mother when he was supposed to be marrying his cousin, Agnes. Since then, the two parts of the family have not spoken to each other, although Laura owns the house that Agnes, her cousin Lucy and second cousin Tanis live in and accepts rent from them on a regular basis. Then Agnes decides that she wants to buy the house from Laura in order to leave it to Tanis and arranges for Laura to meet with her aunts and cousin Tanis. Unfortunately, Tanis is a bit of a bitch; she has a number of men hanging on to her every word, including an ex-husband and other people's partners. Then Tanis is ...

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