num_pages: 320
description: James and Carmona Hardwick are spending the summer playing host to numerous friends and relatives in an old Hardwick family residence by the sea. The arrival of Alan Field, a devastatingly handsome though shady figure from Carmona's past, destroys the holiday atmosphere in the old house and replaces it with a mounting tension, culminating in murder. Fortunately, Miss Silver is present to unravel the complex mystery and seek out the murderer amongst them.
language: English
title: Out of the Past
titlecomplete: Out of the Past
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Classics, British Literature, Crime, Mystery Thriller, Cozy Mystery, Historical Fiction, Romance, Audiobook
ratings_count: 949
series: Miss Silver
publisher: HarperCollins Publishers