The Fire Within

A romantic treasure from the beloved author of the Miss Silver Mystery series, "a first-rate storyteller" (The Daily Telegraph).

A grande dame of British crime, Patricia Wentworth is best known as the creator of Miss Maud Silver, the Tennyson-quoting schoolteacher whose second career as a private detective is just as unlikely as it is thrilling. With a prim, unassuming demeanor that belies her fierce intelligence, Miss Silver is never more formidable than when she's rescuing true love from w...