Lonesome Road — Patricia Wentworth

Every year beautiful Rachel Treherne must rewrite her will -- and decide who will inherit her late father's vast wealth. But this year, things are just a little bit different: somebody clearly wants her to die.

"You have had that money long enough," said the anonymous note. Two venomous snakes coiled in her bed, a suspicious fire, and poisoned chocolates made the same point. Now Rachel looks fearfully at those around her: her invalid sister Mabel, the innocent looking Caroline and her fiancé Richard, her first cousin Cosmo Firth, her dedicated companion Louisa, and even the handsome visitor mysteriously linked to her father's past. Enlisting the very capable talents of Miss Silver seems the only way she can stay alive....