His first wife died suddenlyand his wealthy new bride may be about to meet a similar fate ... Former schoolteacher Miss Maud Silver is on her way back to London when, with a violent shudder of the train, a young woman is thrust into her compartment. Shes beautiful, well dressed, newly married, and wealthya lethal combination. In a state of shock, Lisle Jerningham explains that she fled her home in a hurry after overhearing a sinister conversation. Her new husbands first wife died in an apparent accident, and the resultant infusion of cash saved his family home. Now, hes broke againand attempting to engineer a second convenient mishap. Miss Silver is unsure whether the drama is real or a figment of Lisles imaginationbut if this frightened young lady is a target for murder, the killer will have to deal with the governessturnedsleuth first. Starring a mature sleuth who has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot, In the Balance is a classic British mystery (Manchester Evening News).

Binding: Paperback;340 pages; Publisher: Chicago Review Press Inc DBA Indepe; Classification: N/A; Weight: 509.64 g; Dimensions: N/A

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