Anna Katharine Green
American author Anna Katharine Green is credited with being an enormously influential figure in the development of the detective, mystery and crime genre. One of her chief strengths is her accurate depictions of the complex machinery of the American legal system, which comes into play in this suspenseful novel dealing with a short-lived marriage and a contested inheritance.
22) The Bronze Hand
In the mood for an engrossing mystery with a killer twist ending? Try Anna Katharine Green's thrilling novella "The Bronze Hand." Set in Baltimore in the mid-1800s, the story centers around a man's fascination with a lovely young woman who lives in his neighborhood. When he finds her reeling in the aftermath of a robbery, he steps in to lend a hand—a seemingly innocent response that sets off an unusual series of events.
The thrilling short story "Midnight in Beauchamp Row" amply demonstrates all of Anna Katharine Green's unique literary talents. In it, she cleverly turns the age-old "damsel in distress" cliche on its head and ends with a shocking plot twist that will leave readers reeling.
American author Anna Katharine Green helped to originate the classic detective story, publishing her first works a full ten years before Arthur Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes tales hit the shelves in England. This collection brings together a diverse array of Green's mystery and detective stories.
Two men arrive by train in a small village; one is a lawyer who has been called to the community on business, and the other is a physician who is a native of the community returning home after plying his trade elsewhere for a spell. Soon, the pair find themselves plunged into a beguiling mystery.
Lady Sleuths have long been a mainstay of the mystery field. Agatha Christie's Miss Marple is, surely, the very model of the detective in a cozy mystery. But before—and after!—Miss Marple there were such sleuths as Loveday Brooke and Amelia Butterworth (both of whose complete adventures are in this ebook MEGAPACK™). And the lady sleuth is alive and well today, with recent adventures by such diverse talents as Janice Law, C. Ellett
...The theme of this Megapack is classic mystery and crime fiction from the Victorian era. We have taken the liberty of extending the qualifying publication dates to the end of World War I, since that event marked more of a turning point in world literature than the advent of the Edwardian Age. Certainly the spirit of Victorian crime fiction continued beyond Queen Victoria. This volume contains 25 stories and 2 bonus novels, offering hours of reading
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