Green, gave us The Leavenworth Case, which I still think one of the best detective stories ever written. a hard time coming up with the name Anna Katharine Green, whose 1878 book The Leavenworth Case is widely regarded as the first American detective novel. It was republished by The Detective Story Club after Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, speaking at the 1928 Thanksgiving Day dinner of the American Society in London, remarked: 'An American woman, a successor of Poe, Anna K. Read by Kirsten Ferreri Anna Katharine Green was one of the first female mystery writers to publish under her own name. The Leavenworth Case: Book 2, Chapters 18 and 19 (2020 Podcast Episode) Release Info Showing all 1 items Jump to: Release Dates (1) Also Known As (AKA) (0) Release Dates Norway 5 July 2020 Also Known As (AKA) It looks like we dont have any AKAs for this title yet. Admired for her careful plotting and legal accuracy, the book enjoyed enormous success both in England and America, and was widely translated. Gryce, the detective, was not the thin, wiry individual with a shrewd eye that seems to plunge into the core of your being and pounce at once upon its hidden secret that you are doubtless expecting to see. Librivox recording of 'The Leavenworth Case', by Anna Katharine Green. The Leavenworth Case, the first detective novel written by a woman, immortalised its author Anna Katharine Green as 'The Mother of Detective Fiction'. Their lawyer, Everett Raymond, infatuated with one of the sisters, is determined that the official investigator, detective Ebenezer Gryce, widens the inquiry to less obvious suspects. When the retired merchant Horatio Leavenworth is found shot dead in his mansion library, suspicion falls on his nieces, Mary and Eleanore, who stand to inherit his vast fortune. THIS DETECTIVE STORY CLUB CLASSIC is introduced by Dr John Curran, who looks at how Anna Katherine Green was a pioneer who inspired a new generation of crime writers, in particular a young woman named Agatha Christie.

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