The Chinese Shawl (A Miss Silver Mystery), Patricia Wentworth, Harper Collins, First thus 1996; ISBN is 9780061043970, Mass Market; LIKE NEW…COLLECTIBLE

LIKE NEW condition – Originally published 1943, this is the first Harper paperback and other than a bit of wear on edges and tanning inside covers from age, this is a new, never read book.

Patricia Wentworth (1878–1961) was one of the masters of English mystery writing. She published her first novel in 1910 and, in the 1920s, introduced the character who would make her famous: Miss Maud Silver. Along with Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple, Miss Silver is the definitive embodiment of the English style of cozy mysteries.