The Woman in the Alcove
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About This Book
The Woman in the Alcove is Anna Green's best mystery story. When a New York high society party ends in murder, a young woman must clear her new fiancé’s name, in this 1906 mystery by a detective fiction pioneer. Anna Green wrote at the beginning of the 20th century. She was an American poet and novelist. Green was one of the first to write detective fiction in America, her work is known for its legal accuracy and well plotted story lines. Her novels include, The Leavenworth Case (1878), A Strange Disappearance (1880), Hand and Ring (1883), Behind Closed Doors (1888), Forsaken Inn (1890), Marke...
Chapters (25)
- The Woman in the Alcove
- CONTENTS
- I. THE WOMAN WITH THE DIAMOND
- II. THE GLOVES
- III. ANSON DURAND
- IV. EXPLANATIONS
- V. SUPERSTITION
- VI. SUSPENSE
- VII. NIGHT AND A VOICE
- VIII. ARREST
- IX. THE MOUSE NIBBLES AT THE NET
- X. I ASTONISH THE INSPECTOR
- XI. THE INSPECTOR ASTONISHES ME
- XII. ALMOST
- XIII. THE MISSING RECOMMENDATION
- XIV. TRAPPED
- XV. SEARS OR WELLGOOD
- XVI. DOUBT
- XVII. SWEETWATER IN A NEW ROLE
- XVIII. THE CLOSED DOOR
- XIX. THE FACE
- XX. MOONLIGHT—AND A CLUE
- XXI. GRIZEL! GRIZEL!
- XXII. GUILT
- XXIII. THE GREAT MOGUL
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