A review by ssejig
The Puzzle of the Silver Persian by Stuart Palmer
3.0
This is the first book I've read in this series and, while I think it would have been nice to know more history on Hildegarde Withers, it wasn't absolutely necessary to understand the whole story.
Miss Withers is not enjoying her reward from the last case, a trip overseas. But she is having major seasickness and misses the excitement on board. A well-known heiress is on board and one of her tablemates plays a rather cruel trick on her. She had disappeared into a closet, supposedly with a married man, and he gifts her with a reminder of her embarrassment.
Later that night, Miss Withers is on deck, sees the girl, and when she turns around, the heiress is gone. Off the boat in the middle of the sea. But was it suicide? Or murder? The English police assume the former. There's nothing to suggest murder and it's just easier to close the case. But then the barman dies. And the rest of the people at the table that night start getting threats that arrive in black-edged (funereal) envelopes.
There's another murder before Miss Withers can figure out the solution. But she does.
An interesting story and I'm definitely interested in following more of the series.
Miss Withers is not enjoying her reward from the last case, a trip overseas. But she is having major seasickness and misses the excitement on board. A well-known heiress is on board and one of her tablemates plays a rather cruel trick on her. She had disappeared into a closet, supposedly with a married man, and he gifts her with a reminder of her embarrassment.
Later that night, Miss Withers is on deck, sees the girl, and when she turns around, the heiress is gone. Off the boat in the middle of the sea. But was it suicide? Or murder? The English police assume the former. There's nothing to suggest murder and it's just easier to close the case. But then the barman dies. And the rest of the people at the table that night start getting threats that arrive in black-edged (funereal) envelopes.
There's another murder before Miss Withers can figure out the solution. But she does.
An interesting story and I'm definitely interested in following more of the series.