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That Affair Next Door
Anna Katharine Green
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The dead body of a woman was found under a large cabinet. But she had been dead four hours before the cabinet fell upon her. The owners of the house had been on vacation and the place empty. Who was she and why was she in the empty house all alone?
The dead body of a woman was found under a large cabinet. But she had been dead four hours before the cabinet fell upon her. The owners of the house had been on vacation and the place empty. Who was she and why was she in the empty house all alone?
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They left at three o'clock, still without news of Mrs. Van Burnam; and being positive by this time that the shadows were thickening about this family, I saw them depart with some regret and a positive feeling of commiseration. Had they been reared to a proper reverence for their elders, how much more easy it would have been to see earnestness in Caroline and affectionate impulses in Isabella.
The evening papers added but little to my knowledge. Great disclosures were promised, but no hint given of their nature. The body at the Morgue had not been identified by any of the hundreds who had viewed it, and Howard still refused to acknowledge it as that of his wife. The morrow was awaited with anxiety.
So much for the public press!
At twelve o'cloc. . . Read More
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I no longer remember how this made its way onto my Kindle, but I'm so pleased it did.
When I began reading, I had no idea that Anna Katharine Green is known as "the mother of American detective fiction" or that a secondary character in this book, Ebenezer Gryce, is the detective-hero of her earlier m
I think it’s wonderful when the library of Congress releases classic novels that most people might not get a chance to read. This classic mystery published in 1897 is remarkable and that the protagonist of the story is an elderly woman named Miss Butterworth is even more remarkable. This story has a
I think it’s wonderful when the library of Congress releases classic novels that most people might not get a chance to read. This classic mystery published in 1897 is remarkable and that the protagonist of the story is an elderly woman named Miss Butterworth is even more remarkable. This story has a
High-society spinster Amelia Butterworth, a sharp-eyed inveterate busybody, notices some strange going-ons next door. The Van Burnams are in Europe, so why are a young man and lady entering the house? Miss Butterworth soon gets the police — and herself — involved in what turns out to be murder.
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La recomendaría a los que disfruten de una novela victoriana con una buena narrativa.
La historia tiene muchas idas y vueltas, y una investigadora muy peculiar y un tanto cargante. La explicación final, muy teatral, te atrapa.
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