Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

Preview
  • The Benevent Treasure

  • The Miss Silver Mysteries
  • By: Patricia Wentworth
  • Narrated by: Diana Bishop
  • Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (83 ratings)

£0.00 for first 30 days

Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

The Benevent Treasure

By: Patricia Wentworth
Narrated by: Diana Bishop
Try for £0.00

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £14.99

Buy Now for £14.99

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Summary

Taken in by her two great-aunts, Candida Sayle fears she may become the next victim of the Benevent Treasure, which is said to bring death to anyone who touches it, while Miss Silver investigates the death of a former Benevent employee.

©1956 Patricia Wentworth. (P)2014 Audible Inc.
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2

Listeners also enjoyed...

The Astonishing Adventure of Jane Smith cover art
The Annam Jewel cover art
The Red Lacquer Case cover art
The Amazing Chance cover art
The Yellow Brick Road cover art
A Man Lay Dead cover art
Say It With Poison, Mitchell and Markby Village, Book 1 cover art
The Railway Detective cover art
Murder at the Dolphin Hotel: A Gripping Cozy Historical Mystery cover art
The Theft of the Iron Dogs cover art
The Man in the Queue cover art
Murder on the Lusitania cover art
The Wintringham Mystery cover art
Thunder on the Right cover art
The Crime at Black Dudley cover art
The Frenchman and the Lady cover art

What listeners say about The Benevent Treasure

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    62
  • 4 Stars
    16
  • 3 Stars
    3
  • 2 Stars
    2
  • 1 Stars
    0
Performance
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    67
  • 4 Stars
    6
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    55
  • 4 Stars
    13
  • 3 Stars
    4
  • 2 Stars
    1
  • 1 Stars
    0

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Another great book

I have listened to all the Miss Silver books and thoroughly enjoyed every one of them. If you like Agatha Christie you'll love these.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

I really like this one!

This story has all the best elements of the Miss Silver Mysteries and for boned Frank Abbott need not be called upon. These stories are my ‘go to’ books now abs when you’ve exhausted them on audible you will find a few more on kindle. Then you can move onto the much h dr rated marvellous author Moray Dalton. I wish you joy.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Gothic

A rather Gothic tale. I found it a real page turner so to speak. It is rather different from her other books but good nonetheless

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Another excellent Miss Silver tale

Kept me up late reading this for several nights! I heartily recommend it for other Miss Silver enthusiasts.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

A story truly set in the past - nicely creepy!

Where does The Benevent Treasure rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I found this story more exciting than perhaps Through the Wall which is the most recent Miss Silver book I have listened to

Which scene did you most enjoy?

The opening scene where Candida is rescued - this sets the tone nicely and introduces us to two of the main characters years before the murder story begins.

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

When I first read this book many years ago I found it to be pleasantly thrilling and creepy - there's nothing like cobwebbed cellars to enhance a crime novel!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

4 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

Not the best for me

i have recently discovered Patricia Wentworth and have since listened to plenty of her books, that i liked very much. This one I found a bit boring due to characters in the story repeating the same information over and over again, and due to quite limited presence of Miss Silver. A touch disappointing.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    2 out of 5 stars

Typically and typical!

I have read almost all of the Miss Silver novels with the exception of 3 I think. This one was the most dreary, depressing, and unlikable of them all!
There are no redeeming qualities to it, no easily likeable characters, even the likeable characters are blind in the backdrop of this story!

I would only say, “ listen to this one because I’ve already listened to the others, you may as well!” Especially if, like me, you have to read an entire series! But otherwise if you can read it I believe it’s free because it’s in the public domain - because I honestly can’t recommend it, for any other reason.

The narrator, as always, it’s very good! She never lets you down.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful