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Hard-up dressmakers' assistant Chloe Dane yearns for a new life. But when her mysterious relative Mitchell Dane dies, leaving her the ancestral home of her family, and the secret combination to the safe hidden behind the Chinese black lacquer cabinet in the drawing room, she finds herself locked in a struggle with unscrupulous opponents who will stop at nothing to get possession of the safe's sinister contents ...

Hard-up dressmakers' assistant Chloe Dane yearns for a new life. But when her mysterious relative Mitchell Dane dies, leaving her the ancestral home of her family, and the secret combination to the safe hidden behind the Chinese black lacquer cabinet in the drawing room, she finds herself locked in a struggle with unscrupulous opponents who will stop at nothing to get possession of the safe's sinister contents ...

This collection offers three novels of adventure and suspense from Patricia Wentworth, each with its own plucky and independent young heroine.First, Jane Smith is incognito at stately Luttrell Marches, in the middle of a mystery of secret formulae, political plots, and secret passages.Then, Sally Meredith is entrusted with the red lacquer case containing the formula for her uncle's new and deadly gas, and is soon in the clutches of sinister fo...

This collection offers three novels of adventure and suspense from Patricia Wentworth, each with its own plucky and independent young heroine.First, Jane Smith is incognito at stately Luttrell Marches, in the middle of a mystery of secret formulae, political plots, and secret passages.Then, Sally Meredith is entrusted with the red lacquer case containing the formula for her uncle's new and deadly gas, and is soon in the clutches of sinister fo...

A pacy, enjoyable mystery from the 1920s, of the Golden Age genre, with a sweet gutsy heroine and a hero of the manly staunch type, and plenty of chases and villains. (Caron Allan) About the author: Dora Amy Turnbull (formerly Dillon, née Elles, 15 October 1877 - 28 January 1961), known by pen name Patricia Wentworth, was a British crime fiction writer. She was born in Mussoorie, British India, and was educated first privately, then at Bl...

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A historical romance set in the horrific era of an Indian uprising during British colonial times. A good read. (Katie Hilton)BioDora Amy Elles (15 October 1877 - 28 January 1961), who wrote as Patricia Wentworth, was a British crime fiction writer.She was born in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India (then the British Raj), and was educated first privately, then at Blackheath High School for Girls in London. Her father was General Edmond Elles, and he...

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Dora Amy Elles (15 October 1877 - 28 January 1961), who wrote as Patricia Wentworth, was a British crime fiction writer.She was born in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India (then the British Raj), and was educated first privately, then at Blackheath High School for Girls in London. Her father was General Edmond Elles, and her mother was Lady Clare (Rothney) Elles.She and her first husband, Lt. Col. George Frederick Horace Dillon, had one daughter. Sh...

Dora Amy Elles (15 October 1877 - 28 January 1961), who wrote as Patricia Wentworth, was a British crime fiction writer.She was born in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India (then the British Raj), and was educated first privately, then at Blackheath High School for Girls in London. Her father was General Edmond Elles, and her mother was Lady Clare (Rothney) Elles.She and her first husband, Lt. Col. George Frederick Horace Dillon, had one daughter. Sh...

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