The Astonishing Adventure of Jane Smith
A Detective Mystery

I've been enjoying Patricia Wentworth's early stories, but didn't think this was as good as some of the others. The plot is completely bonkers, involving fiendish anarchists, lookalike cousins and secret passages galore. Once again, it's more of an adventure than a mystery. (To be fair, the Dean Str......more

1923 [URL not allowed] booyah!! The blurb: "A girl, clad only in a night dress, is found walking in her sleep. Had she heard too much? Should she be "eliminated"? Jane Smith, an impecunious and intrepid heroine, finds herself in the wrong place at the right time, swept into an adv......more

A classic thriller. A TON of fun to read.......more

This early non-series book has the typical Wentworth unbelievable coincidences, underground passages, secret doors, and the large country manor house, this time by the sea. We have a very interesting adventure in the late 1920s for an intrepid young woman, battling the era's growing dogmatic, author......more

Jane Smith is persuaded to change places with her cousin Renata Molloy,who is believed to be in danger because of something she overheard (Renata and Jane just happen to be identical in appearance). So Jane finds herself in the midst of a sinister plot of some kind, and unsure of who are the villain......more