No one would ever have guessed that Paulina Paine was deaf, and that her ability to lip-read was astonishing. So the two men who met one day during the showing of a new art exhibition did not realise until too late that the middle-aged tweedy figure sitting out of earshot could understand every word they said. And it had been no ordinary conversation.
In fact, Paulina was so shaken by its implications that she went to see Miss Silver straight away. As the violence escalates, Miss Silver finds herself at a very tense house party where all the guests are linked in some way to Paulina. And one of them is a killer...
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"This is one of my favorite Miss Silver mysteries... I am not totally sure why, but for some reason the premise of the deaf woman "overhearing" a conversation just seems so interesting to me." — Leslie (4 out of 5 stars)
"This is one of my favorite Miss Silver mysteries... I am not totally sure why, but for some reason the premise of the deaf woman "overhearing" a conversation just seems so interesting to me."
" This is an old book so it's hard to find, but it was a well written and very enjoyable mystery. "
" I always enjoy a Miss Silver mystery. :) "
" A deaf woman lipreads someone discussing a proposed crime. She consults with Miss Maud Silver about what she learned to try to prevent a murder. "
" This was a very ingenious mystery. I only gave it 4 stars because I'm not crazy about mysteries. "
" Not my favorite Wentworth. I didn't ever feel a sense of urgency, and the "heroine" of the piece was flat and really quite uninvolved in the story. "
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