Order of Patricia Wentworth Books
Patricia Wentworth is the pen name of Dora Amy Elles (1878-1961), a British author of crime fiction. She is best known for her Miss Silver character. She attended Blackheath High School in London and was also educated privately. She married twice and had one daughter.
Patricia Wentworth became a published author in 1910 with the novel A Marriage Under The Terror, which won the Melrose award. Her final novel was the Miss Silver novel The Girl in the Cellar, which was published in 1961 (the same year she died). Below is a list of Patricia Wentworth’s books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Miss Silver Books
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Grey Mask |
(1928) |
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The Case is Closed |
(1937) |
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Lonesome Road |
(1939) |
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Danger Point / In the Balance |
(1941) |
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The Chinese Shawl |
(1943) |
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Miss Silver Deals with Death / Miss Silver Intervenes |
(1943) |
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The Clock Strikes Twelve |
(1944) |
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The Key |
(1944) |
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She Came Back / The Traveller Returns |
(1945) |
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Pilgrim’s Rest / Dark Threat |
(1946) |
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Latter End |
(1947) |
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Wicked Uncle / Spotlight |
(1947) |
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The Case of William Smith |
(1948) |
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Eternity Ring |
(1948) |
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The Catherine Wheel |
(1949) |
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Miss Silver Comes to Stay |
(1949) |
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The Bradling Collection / Mr Bradling’s Collection |
(1950) |
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The Ivory Dagger |
(1950) |
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Through The Wall |
(1950) |
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‘Anna, Where Are You?’ / Death at Deep End |
(1951) |
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The Watersplash |
(1951) |
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Ladies’ Bane |
(1952) |
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Out of the Past |
(1953) |
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The Silent Pool |
(1953) |
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The Vanishing Point |
(1953) |
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The Benevent Treasure |
(1954) |
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The Gazebo / The Summerhouse |
(1955) |
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The Listening Eye |
(1955) |
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Poison in the Pen |
(1955) |
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The Fingerprint |
(1956) |
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The Alington Inheritance |
(1958) |
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The Girl in the Cellar |
(1961) |
Publication Order of Benbow Smith Books
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Fool Errant |
(1929) |
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Danger Calling |
(1931) |
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Walk with Care |
(1933) |
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Down Under |
(1937) |
Publication Order of Ernest Lamb Books
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The Blind Side |
(1939) |
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Who Pays the Piper? |
(1940) |
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Pursuit of a Parcel |
(1942) |
Publication Order of Frank Garrett Books
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Dead or Alive |
(1936) |
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Rolling Stone |
(1940) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
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A Marriage Under the Terror |
(1910) |
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The Fire Within |
(1913) |
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Queen Anne is Dead |
(1915) |
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The Astonishing Adventure of Jane Smith |
(1923) |
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The Annam Jewel |
(1924) |
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The Red Lacquer Case |
(1924) |
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The Black Cabinet |
(1925) |
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The Dower House Mystery |
(1925) |
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The Amazing Chance |
(1926) |
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Hue and Cry |
(1927) |
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Anne Belinda |
(1927) |
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Will o’ the Wisp |
(1928) |
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Kingdom Lost |
(1930) |
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The Coldstone |
(1930) |
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Beggar’s Choice |
(1930) |
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Red Shadow / Red Danger |
(1932) |
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Nothing Venture |
(1932) |
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Outrageous Fortune / Seven Green Stones |
(1933) |
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Touch and Go / Devil in the Dark |
(1934) |
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Fear by Night |
(1934) |
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Red Stefan |
(1935) |
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Blindfold |
(1935) |
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Hole and Corner |
(1936) |
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Run! |
(1938) |
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Mr. Zero |
(1938) |
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Unlawful Occasions / Weekend with Death |
(1941) |
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Silence in Court |
(1945) |
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The Devil’s Wind |
(2009) |
Notes: Danger Point was later re-published as In the Balance. Miss Silver Intervenes was also known as Miss Silver Deals with Death. She Came Back is also known as The Traveller Returns. Pilgrim’s Rest was also titled Dark Threat. Spotlight was also published as Wicked Uncle. The Brading Collection is also known as Mr. Brading’s Collection. Anna Where Are You? is also known as Death at Deep End. The Gazebo was also published as The Summerhouse.
Red Danger is also known as Red Shadow. Seven Green Stones is also known as Outrageous Fortune. Devil in the Dark was also published as Touch and Go. Unlawful Occasions was also titled Weekend with Death.