She Came Back

In World War II–era England, it seems a noblewoman may have come back from the dead in this Golden Age mystery featuring senior sleuth Miss Silver.

Anne Jocelyn and a friend were killed trying to escape the first German assault on France. Before leaving to join the war, it was up to Anne’s husband, Phillip, to bury her body. That was three years ago—and now Anne has returned to England.

Looking and talking exactly like Phillip’s wife, the woman insists he mistook her friend’s body for her own and buried it by mistake. After three years hiding from the Nazis, Anne has finally escaped and come back to him. Phillip doesn’t believe her, but as far as she’s concerned Anne Jocelyn’s riches are her own. Only the brilliant governess-turned-sleuth Miss Maud Silver will be able to divine the truth . . .

Praise for Patricia Wentworth

“Miss Wentworth is a first-rate storyteller.” —The Daily Telegraph

“Patricia Wentworth has created a great detective in Miss Silver, the little old lady who nobody notices, but who in turn notices everything.” —Paula Gosling, CWA Gold Dagger Award winner

“Some of the best examples of the British country-house murder mystery.” —Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine