The Clock Strikes Twelve: The Clock Strikes Twelve, The Key, And She Came Back (The Miss Silver Mysteries #7)

By: Patricia Wentworth

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Synopsis: When a British industrialist is murdered on New Year&’s Eve, his wealthy family members are the prime suspects. Though they share a manor house, the Paradines are not close, and their patriarch does nothing to discourage the petty jealousies that divide wealthy families. A cold figure, James Paradine prefers work to his relations, but on New Year&’s Eve he convenes the household. Valuable plans have been stolen from his office, and only one person could be to blame. He knows the culprit&’s name, and gives the thief until midnight to come forward. By midnight, James Paradine is dead. Was it the thief who killed him, or could it have been someone else, acting on different motives entirely? The local constables are baffled, and it is left to prim detective Maud Silver to out the murderer.