The Leavenworth Case
by Anna Katharine Green
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About This Book
The Leavenworth Case is the first novel of Anna Katharine Green, an American poet and novelist, who was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America, and distinguished herself for writing well plotted, accurate legal thrillers. Green is credited with many firsts. With the character Ebenezer Gryce of the New York Metropolitan Police Force, Green developed the series detective. Amelia Butterworth, a nosy society spinster who assists Gryce in three novels, is the prototype for Miss Marple, Miss Silver and other similar mystery solving female characters. And with Violet Strange, a debu...
Chapters (47)
- THE LEAVENWORTH CASE
- CONTENTS
- Illustrations
- BOOK I. THE PROBLEM
- I. “A GREAT CASE”
- FOOTNOTE:
- II. THE CORONER’S INQUEST
- III. FACTS AND DEDUCTIONS
- IV. A CLUE.
- V. EXPERT TESTIMONY
- VI. SIDE-LIGHTS
- VII. MARY LEAVENWORTH
- VIII. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
- IX. A DISCOVERY
- X. MR. GRYCE RECEIVES NEW IMPETUS
- XI. THE SUMMONS
- XII. ELEANORE.
- XIII. THE PROBLEM.
- BOOK II. HENRY CLAVERING
- XIV. MR. GRYCE AT HOME
- XV. WAYS OPENING
- XVI. THE WILL OF A MILLIONAIRE
- XVII. THE BEGINNING OF GREAT SURPRISES
- XVIII. ON THE STAIRS
- XIX. IN MY OFFICE
- XX. “TRUEMAN! TRUEMAN! TRUEMAN!”
- XXI. A PREJUDICE
- XXII. PATCH-WORK
- XXIII. THE STORY OF A CHARMING WOMAN
- XXIV. A REPORT FOLLOWED BY SMOKE
- XXV. TIMOTHY COOK
- XXVI. MR. GRYCE EXPLAINS HIMSELF
- BOOK III. HANNAH
- XXVII. AMY BELDEN
- XXVIII. A WEIRD EXPERIENCE
- XXIX. THE MISSING WITNESS
- XXX. BURNED PAPER
- XXXI. Q
- XXXII. MRS. BELDEN’S NARRATIVE
- XXXIII. UNEXPECTED TESTIMONY
- BOOK IV. THE PROBLEM SOLVED
- XXXIV. MR. GRYCE RESUMES CONTROL
- XXXV. FINE WORK
- XXXVI. GATHERED THREADS
- XXXVII. CULMINATION
- XXXVIII. A FULL CONFESSION
- XXXIX. THE OUTCOME OF A GREAT CRIME
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