Wicked Uncle (Miss Silver Series #12)

The Golden Age governess-turned-sleuth looks into the dark secrets of a wealthy murder victim—"You can't go wrong with Miss Maud Silver" (The Observer).

Dorinda Brown takes a job working for the wealthy Porlock family on a whim and quickly finds it to be the hardest position she has ever had. The father, Gregory, is a charming tyrant—just the sort of man her aunt always warned her about. His wife is an overfed fool, entirely blind to the defects of her despicable son, and unsympathetic to th...