Lost Mans Lane

We rely on your support to help us keep producing beautiful, free, and unrestricted editions of literature for the digital age. Will you support our efforts with a donation ? New York detective Ebenezer Gryce enlists Amelia Butterworth to help investigate a series of mysterious disappearances in a village in the Berkshire Hills. When Miss Butterworth goes to stay with the family of an old friend in their decaying village estate, she discovers a web of deception. She must work with Mr. Gryce to untangle the threads and discover the fate of the "lost men"—and the secrets of her friend's family. Anna Katharine Green (died 1935) was a major literary figure of the early 20th century. Their work has endured across generations and continues to be read and studied worldwide. As a work of classic literary fiction, Lost Mans Lane exemplifies the narrative craft and social insight that defined great storytelling of its era. Literary fiction of this period was characterized by careful attention to character psychology, social milieu, and the moral questions that animated public discourse.