Behind Closed Doors

Anna Katharine Green

Franklin Classics Trade Press

Mayors Wife 1ST Edition

Literature & Fiction

Essays & Correspondence

Bobbs-Merrill Co.

<p>Violet Strange is no ordinary well to do young New York City debutante. Unbeknownst to family and society friends, she leads a secret life as a professional sleuth for a private detective agency. On a mission to raise money for an undisclosed project, the determined and gutsy young debutante diligently snoops around sleepwalking widows, violent and sinister characters, whispering clocks and concealed tombs, connecting clues to solve tales of murder, mystery and intrigue. The quirky tales of detection include: I) THE GOLDEN SLIPPER, II) THE SECOND BULLET, III) THE INTANGIBLE CLEW, IV) THE GROTTO SPECTRE, V) THE DREAMING LADY, VI) THE HOUSE OF CLOCKS, VII) THE DOCTOR, HIS WIFE, AND THE CLOCK, VIII) MISSING: PAGE THIRTEEN, and IX) VIOLET'S OWN</p>

Mystery Stories of Violet Strange

United States

Tantor Audio

The Forsaken Inn

Createspace

Twelve years after the commission of a crime, the wife of the accused and condemned man comes back to clear her husband's name. She has, she thinks, a clue, unthought-of at the time of the trial, which will prove that her daughter's father was not a murderer, and thus leave the girl free to marry the son of the judge who pronounced sentence. She follows her clue and it leads her into strange ways and casts suspicion on the house where she had least dreamed of finding the real offender. In the end the confession that reveals the truth comes as a surprise to all, including the reader.

Dark Hollow

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Initially published in 1880, A Strange Disappearance in another novel involving "Mr. Gryce" with him looking into two unconnected mysteries.  Mr. Gryce delegates 'Q' for the investigation.  'Q', who is first seen in The Leavenworth Case is of a crepuscular nature, perhaps he can be described as even eerily murky, but in the end he achieves his goal.   In the case of "The Strange Disappearance", he also become the story's narrator and leads us through a string of events that involve a sewing woman who vanishes from the home of Holman Blake.

Strange Disappearance

<p><h2>How is this book unique?</h2> <ul> <li>Font adjustments & biography included</li> <li>Unabridged (100% Original content)</li> <li>Formatted for e-reader</li> <li>Illustrated</li> </ul> <h2>About The Forsaken Inn by Anna Katharine Green</h2> An old and dilapidated inn in upstate New York provides the setting for this gothic mystery involving two couples in the 1700s.Edwin Urquhart, loved by two sisters, chooses to marry the elder. Arriving at the Forsaken Inn for their honeymoon, they occupy an apartment containing a secret chamber. That night, the young bride is murdered and buried in this secret room. Did her new husband commit the crime--or is something much more sinister afoot?The Forsaken Inn by Anna Katharine Green is an exceptional novel of gothic horror set in late 18th-century Revolutionary America. The language is baroque and the plot contrivances are unbelievable. A classic mystery from the woman who is considered the "Mother of Detective Fiction" as her first book "The Leavenworth Case" (1878) introduced Inspector Ebenezer Gryce, the first fictional detective, 9 years before Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes mystery. Anna Katharine Green is sometimes referred to as the "Mother of Detective Fiction." This novel is an excellent illustration of how that came to be.</p>

The Forsaken Inn: By Anna Katharine Green - Illustrated

Classics

Independently published

<p><h2>How is this book unique?</h2> <ul> <li>Font adjustments & biography included</li> <li>Unabridged (100% Original content)</li> <li>Illustrated</li> </ul> <h2>About The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katharine Green</h2> The Leavenworth Case, subtitled A Lawyer's Story, is an American detective novel and the first novel by Anna Katharine Green. Set in New York City, it concerns the murder of a retired merchant, Horatio Leavenworth, in his New York mansion. The popular novel introduced the detective Ebenezer Gryce, and was influential in the development of the detective novel. In her autobiography, Agatha Christie cited it as an influence on her own fiction. Horatio Leavenworth, Esq., a millionaire, is murdered in his library while he is engaged in reviewing a book he plans to publish. He was shot cleanly in the back of the head (with his own pistol), meaning that he did not turn his head when his assassin entered the room. This fact led detective Ebenezer Gryce to conclude that he recognized the footsteps of his assailant and felt he had nothing to fear from this person. Thus begins this first novel in the "Mr. Gryce" series.</p>

The Leavenworth Case: By Anna Katharine Green - Illustrated

Room Number 3, and Other Detective Stories (Annotated)

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