Crime
A collection of six short mystery and crime stories by the author of The Leavenworth Case.
Known as “the mother of the detective novel, ” Anna Katharine Green invented many of the genre’s most enduring characteristics. In this collection she masterfully combines an American sensibility with well-crafted, legally accurate plotlines.
Set in Baltimore just before the Civil War, “The Bronze Hand” tells the story of a man who answers a beautiful woman’s cry of distress, only to find himself caught in a web of intrigue, conspiracy, and danger. In “The Gray Madam, ” a husband and wife wonder if they’ve seen the ghost of a mysterious woman in their home. And in the titular story, a woman seeks the help of a detective after she receives one letter from her husband and another delivering the news of his death.
© 2022 MysteriousPress.com/Open Road (Ebook): 9781504074872
Release date
Ebook: 25 January 2022
Crime
A collection of six short mystery and crime stories by the author of The Leavenworth Case.
Known as “the mother of the detective novel, ” Anna Katharine Green invented many of the genre’s most enduring characteristics. In this collection she masterfully combines an American sensibility with well-crafted, legally accurate plotlines.
Set in Baltimore just before the Civil War, “The Bronze Hand” tells the story of a man who answers a beautiful woman’s cry of distress, only to find himself caught in a web of intrigue, conspiracy, and danger. In “The Gray Madam, ” a husband and wife wonder if they’ve seen the ghost of a mysterious woman in their home. And in the titular story, a woman seeks the help of a detective after she receives one letter from her husband and another delivering the news of his death.
© 2022 MysteriousPress.com/Open Road (Ebook): 9781504074872
Release date
Ebook: 25 January 2022
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