Patricia Wentworth — The Case Is Closed

London, Hodder & Stoughton, Limited, 1950. Cloth. An early edition of the second published Miss Maud Silver detective novel, an exciting murder mystery, in the original colourful dust wrapper. The third impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.The second Miss Maud Silver novel, following a long-ago closed murder case. A wife believes in her husband's innocence, and enlists the help of her younger cousin and Miss Silver to solve the case.By Patricia Wentworth, the pen-name for prolific crime fiction author Dora Amy Turnbull. She is best known for her thirty-two volume series featuring retired governess and professional P.I. Miss Maud Silver. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spine is a little faded. Light edge wear to the dust wrapper, with small chips to the head and tail of the spine. Light handling marks to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.