Miss Maud Silver Books in Order
Patricia Wentworth has written 32 Miss Maud Silver books, published between 1928 and 1961. The first book is Grey Mask (1928) and the newest is The Girl in the Cellar (1961). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 32
- Published
- 1928–1961
- Confirmed
- 4 of 32 titles
- Pages on record
- 5,085 in 19 of 32 books
- Reading time
- 85–127 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,085 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 19 of 32 titles with a page count on record.
Miss Maud Silver is the woman private investigator in Patricia Wentworth's mystery series, 32 books published between 1928 and 1961. Grey Mask opens the run in 1928, followed after a long gap by The Case is Closed (1937), Lonesome Road (1939) and a dense wartime stretch: Danger Point (1941), Miss Silver Deals with Death and The Chinese Shawl (1943), The Clock Strikes Twelve and The Key (1944), She Came Back (1945) and Pilgrim's Rest (1946). Many titles carry a second name. The Girl in the Cellar closes the series in 1961, at a median of 267 pages, with England and London as the settings on record.
How many Miss Maud Silver books are there?
Miss Maud Silver has 32 books, released between 1928 and 1961.
Miss Maud Silver Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 32 Miss Maud Silver books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 11928–2/4
- 21937–2/4
- 31939–2/4
- 419413383/4
- 51943–2/4
- 619432313/4
- 71944–2/4
- 819442362/4
- 919451942/4
- 1019462572/4
- 1119472882/4
- 1219472792/4
- 1319483132/4
- 1419482542/4
- 1519493843/4
- 1619492082/4
- 1719502242/4
- 1819502672/4
- 1919502302/4
- 201951–2/4
- 211951–2/4
- 2219522722/4
- 231953–2/4
- 2419533262/4
- 251953–2/4
- 2619542882/4
- 271955–2/4
- 281955–2/4
- 2919552082/4
- 3019562883/4
- 311958–2/4
- 321961–2/4
Do you have to read Miss Maud Silver books in order?
You should read the Miss Maud Silver books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Miss Maud Silver book also stands alone.
Where to start with Miss Maud Silver
Start with Grey Mask (1928), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Miss Maud Silver book?
The Girl in the Cellar (1961) is the newest Miss Maud Silver book released so far.
Is there a new Miss Maud Silver book coming?
No next Miss Maud Silver book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Miss Maud Silver at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Miss Maud Silver title on record dates from 1961, 65 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Miss Maud Silver books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,085 pages across the 19 of 32 books with a recorded length, a median of 267 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Miss Maud Silver books, 15 of 32, were published in the 1950s.
What the Miss Maud Silver books are about
29 of the 32 Miss Maud Silver books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: england is tagged on 27 of 29. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- England 27 of 29 books
- Silver, maud (fictitious character) 27 of 29 books
- London (England) 25 of 29 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 24 of 29 books
- Maud Silver (Fictitious character) 18 of 29 books
- Women private investigators 13 of 29 books
- Maud Silver (Fictitious character)--Fiction 12 of 29 books
- Mystery & detective 9 of 29 books
- Silver Maud (Fictitious character)--Fiction 6 of 29 books
- Fiction in English 4 of 29 books
- Private investigators 3 of 29 books
More books by Patricia Wentworth
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Patricia Wentworth books in order 72 books
Series that include Miss Maud Silver books
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Miss Silver books in order 32 books