The Miss Silver Mysteries Volume Six: Miss Silver Comes to Stay, Mr. Brading's Collection, and The Ivory Dagger

This collection contains three mysteries featuring Maud Silver, a retired governess turned detective. According to the Manchester Evening News, she "has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot." Though unassuming in manner, Silver has proven skilled at solving Scotland Yard's most difficult cases, with Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine calling them "some of the best examples of the British country-house murder mystery." In Miss Silver Comes to Stay, Silver visits an old school friend in the rural town of Melling and discovers that beneath its peaceful surface lies murderous tension. A local man returns with wealth and a grudge, planning to sell his manor and leave town permanently—but Melling may have other plans for him. Mr. Brading's Collection follows jewel collector Lewis Brading, who keeps his gems in a heavily secured concrete annex. Despite his precautions, he consults Silver, who advises him to donate the collection to a museum immediately. Ignoring her counsel proves costly. In The Ivory Dagger, Bill Waring loses his fiancée to another man following a train accident. When her new fiancé is murdered during a country weekend, Waring becomes the prime suspect. Only Silver can prove his innocence. These mysteries showcase Silver's keen intellect and detective abilities.