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A Strange Disappearance
Anna Katharine Green
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Anna Katharine Green was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories (no doubt assisted by her lawyer father).
Anna Katharine Green was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories (no doubt assisted by her lawyer father).
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The crowd was great and I circulated the floor three times before I came upon him. When I did, I own I was slightly disappointed; for instead of finding him as I anticipated, the centre of an admiring circle of ladies and gentlemen, I espied him withdrawn into a corner with a bland old politician of the Fifteenth Ward, discussing, as I presently overheard, the merits and demerits of a certain Smith who at that time was making some disturbance in the party.
"If that is all he has come for," though. . . Read More
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A young woman has disappeared from a fifth avenue home. The bachelor owner, Mr Holman Blake, says he knows nothing of her. But the housekeeper Mrs Daniel is worried and goes to the police. Q finds blood on the windowsill and the girl has not taken the time to pack. It seems clear that she left unwil
Anna Katherine Green is considered the ’mother’ of mystery novel writing in US. I downloaded a bunch of books by her and “A Strange Disappearance” is the first one that I read.
I really did enjoy the book.It was very ‘Wilkie Collins’ in its style but less obtuse. The mystery was fairly simple. A youn
Δεν έχω μεγάλη εμπειρία και τριβή με τα αστυνομικά μυθιστορήματα, ομολογώ ανερυθρίαστα όμως πως η πένα της Άννα Γκρην με εντυπωσιάζει το ίδιο με αυτή της Αγκάθα Κρίστι, όταν έπιασα στα χέρια μου το «Μιά Παράξενη Εξαφάνιση» δεν είχα ταυτοποιήσει το όνομα με αυτό που έγραψε την «Υπόθεση Λέβενγουορθ» μ
I'm not certain I can give a good reason why I like Anna Katherine Green and am not especially enamored of more recent mystery writers. For me, it is the better prose - better to my ear, in any case. It's quite possible she was "talking down" to her 19th Century audience, as I feel many 21st Century
I was a little bit disappointed by this after enjoying The Leavenworth Case so much. A K Green is hailed as the Mother of Modern Crime Fiction but it didn't take me long to work out what was going on here. Added to this, I was disappointed to find that Police Inspector Ebenezer Gryce (the Sherlock H