Grey Mask

Four years after being jilted on the eve of his wedding, Charles Moray returns to London believing that Margaret Langton—and the bitterness she left behind—belong safely in his past.

Then he discovers strangers using his long-empty family home as a secret meeting place.

Hidden behind the old paneling, Charles watches a band of criminals answer by numbers to a mysterious leader whose face is concealed beneath a smooth grey mask. They are discussing a missing certificate, a considerable fortune, and the “removal” of eighteen-year-old heiress Margot Standing.

Then Charles recognizes one of the conspirators: Margaret herself.

Unable to forget what he has overheard—and uncertain whether Margaret is victim, criminal, or something in between—Charles turns to Miss Maud Silver. A modest former governess turned private enquiry agent, Miss Silver’s quiet manner and ever-present knitting conceal a remarkably sharp understanding of secrets, lies, and human nature.

The first of Patricia Wentworth’s celebrated Miss Silver mysteries, Grey Mask combines Golden Age detection with criminal conspiracy, threatened inheritance, lost love, blackmail, and danger in fogbound London.

This A17 Classic Adventure Library edition presents the complete, unabridged novel in a carefully prepared text, accompanied by twenty-three newly created full-page black-and-white illustrations.