The Leavenworth Case
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The Leavenworth Case
Anna Katharine Green, american poet and novelist (1846-1935)
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Table of Contents
-01- About this book
-02- BOOK I. THE PROBLEM
-03- CHAPTER I. A GREAT CASE
-04- CHAPTER II. THE CORONER'S INQUEST
-05- CHAPTER III. FACTS AND DEDUCTIONS
-06- CHAPTER IV. A CUTS
-07- CHAPTER V. EXPERT TESTIMONY
-08- CHAPTER VI. SIDE-LIGHTS
-09- CHAPTER VII. MARY LEAVENWORTH
-10- CHAPTER VIII. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
-11- CHAPTER IX. A DISCOVERY
-12- CHAPTER X. MR. GRYCE RECEIVES NEW IMPETUS
-13- CHAPTER XI. THE SUMMONS
-14- CHAPTER XII. ELEANORE
-15- CHAPTER XIII. THE PROBLEM
-16- BOOK II. HENRY CLAVERING
-17- CHAPTER XIV. MR. GRYCE AT HOME
-18- CHAPTER XV. WAYS OPENING
-19- CHAPTER XVI. THE WILL OF A MILLIONAIRE
-20- CHAPTER XVII. THE BEGINNING OF GREAT SURPRISES
-21- CHAPTER XVIII. ON THE STAIRS
-22- CHAPTER XIX. IN MY OFFICE
-23- CHAPTER XX. TRUEMAN
-24- CHAPTER XXI. A PREJUDICE
-25- CHAPTER XXII. PATCH-WORK
-26- CHAPTER XXIII. THE STORY OF A CHARMING WOMAN
-27- CHAPTER XXIV. A REPORT FOLLOWED BY SMOKE
-28- CHAPTER XXV. TIMOTHY COOK
-29- CHAPTER XXVI. MR. GRYCE EXPLAINS HIMSELF
-30- BOOK III. HANNAH
-31- CHAPTER XXVII. AMY BELDEN
-32- CHAPTER XXVIII. A WEIRD EXPERIENCE
-33- CHAPTER XXIX. THE MISSING WITNESS
-34- CHAPTER XXX. BURNED PAPER
-35- CHAPTER XXXI. THEREBY HANGS A TALE
-36- CHAPTER XXXII. MRS. BELDEN'S NARRATIVE
-37- CHAPTER XXXIII. UNEXPECTED TESTIMONY
-38- BOOK IV. THE PROBLEM SOLVED
-39- CHAPTER XXXIV. MR. GRYCE RESUMES CONTROL
-40- CHAPTER XXXV. FINE WORK
-41- CHAPTER XXXVI. GATHERED THREADS
-42- CHAPTER XXXVII. CULMINATION
-43- CHAPTER XXXVIII. A FULL CONFESSION
-44- CHAPTER XXXIX. THE OUTCOME OF A GREAT CRIME
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First published in 1878, nine years before the debut of Sherlock Holmes in A Study in Scarlet, this atmospheric and suspenseful mystery well deserves a modern audience. When someone shoots Horatio Leavenworth, a wealthy retired merchant, through the head in his library late one night, the evidence at the inquest indicates that no one could have left the victim's locked Manhattan mansion before the discovery of the body the next morning. Suspicion thus falls on members of the household, specifically the dead man's nieces, Mary and Eleanore, only one of whom stands to benefit from their uncle's death. Everett Raymond, a junior partner in a New York law firm that had Leavenworth as a client, teams with unassuming official investigator Ebenezer Gryce to seek the truth. Green (1846 1935), whose smooth prose remains fresh, makes Gryce an interesting enough character to leave fans of traditional whodunits eager to see more of the detective in reissues of his further exploits.
