Governess-turned-sleuth Miss Silver looks into the case of a Holocaust survivor who may have enemies to elude. William Smith isn’t sure what his name is, but he knows it isn’t William Smith. That was the name the Nazis gave him in 1942, when he was herded, along with so many others, into one of their nightmarish camps. They did their best to kill him, but he survived. Now the war is over and … Now the war is over and he’s back in England, ready to start over. But even a man with no past can’t escape history. William may yet learn his real name–but it could cost him his life in this suspenseful mystery starring an investigator who “has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot” (Manchester Evening News).
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I love these books. Good writing, good characters, good mystery.
I love Miss Silver.
And I enjoyed the interesting connection with WWII, and the fact that its effects are the key to the story. Fun to understand post war British life.
One of her best
A case of amnesia, young lovers and an inheritance are all part of the story line in the case of William Smith. To say more is to give the plot away. This one gets four stars for a hero and heroine that are easy to like and a plot that moves along at a even pace once you get past the first chapter, which is necessary for an introduction to the …
Unexpected, but totally believable story.
I’m a big Patricia Wentworth fan, and The Case of William Smith is one of my very favorites.
Miss Silver is engaging and her clients are always entertaining.