Complete Mystery Detective of Anna Katharine Green

An American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel." 


The Leavenworth Case (1878), praised by Wilkie Collins, and the hit of the year. She became a bestselling author, eventually publishing about 40 books. 


One of the first writers of detective fiction in America, distinguished by well plotted, legally accurate stories. 


She is credited with shaping detective fiction into its classic form, and developing the series detective. Her main character was detective Ebenezer Gryce of the New York Metropolitan Police Force, but in three novels he is assisted by the nosy society spinster Amelia Butterworth, the prototype for Miss Marple, Miss Silver and other creations. She also invented the 'girl detective': in the character of Violet Strange, a debutante with a secret life as a sleuth.


Contents

The Mayor's Wife (1907)

The Leavenworth Case (1878)

The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow (1917)

The Circular Study (1900)

That Affair Next Door (1897)

The Golden Slipper, and Other Problems for Violet Strange (1915)

The Amethyst Box (1905)

X Y Z: A Detective Story (1883)

Lost Man's Lane (1898)

Initials Only (1911)

The Bronze Hand (1897)

Eleven Possible Cases (1891)

Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes (1920)

A Strange Disappearance (1880)