The Fingerprint

By Patricia Wentworth

This is a whodunnit crime novel that follows Georgina, who had found her beloved Uncle Jonathon's murdered body. Instinctively, she had picked up the murder weapon, a revolver, but in doing so had become the prime suspect. Georgina believed she would inherit a large fortune on her Uncle's death, but Uncle Jonathan had a second, secret will, and the beneficiary is the wide-eyed, innocent looking Mirrie Fields. But there was also the mystery of the missing fingerprint. It had been the showpiece of Uncle Jonathan's collection and he often enjoyed telling the story of how he had acquired it from a self-confessed murderer, who was still at large. When the old man was shot, the print had been torn from its album. Is the missing fingerprint the murderer's? Maud Silver is determined to find out

• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: Dec 24, 2021
• ISBN: 4066338056627

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.