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The House of the Whispering Pines
Anna Katharine Green
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The country club house The Whispering Pines was closed for the winter, but only one day after he locked the place personally, the narrator sees smoke come out of the chimney. He decides to investigate and enters the house. Hidden in the dark, he sees the sister of his fiance, the girl he secretly loves, run out of the house with tears in her eyes. Upstairs then, he discovers the dead body of his betrothed.
The country club house The Whispering Pines was closed for the winter, but only one day after he locked the place personally, the narrator sees smoke come out of the chimney. He decides to investigate and enters the house. Hidden in the dark, he sees the sister of his fiance, the girl he secretly loves, run out of the house with tears in her eyes. Upstairs then, he discovers the dead body of his betrothed.
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Community Reviews
The beginning of this book pulled me right in and I couldn't put it down until I'd found out whodunit. I was so intrigued by this author, Anna Katharine Green, that I did some research and was shocked to discover she is considered the 'mother of detective fiction,' yet I'd never heard of her. What I
A nice little cosy mystery story from "the mother of the detective novel".
There is a small introduction which indicates that while Green was enormously popular years earlier, her strength as an author was beginning to wane. Had I not read this, it would not have occurred to me while reading this. It's true, there were sections that seemed a bit repetitive.
The story is br
The House of the Whispering Pines was originally published in 1910, which makes it a vintage mystery that should not be compared to today's novels. Anna Katharine Green is a product of her time, flowery language, 19th century values and sentiments bleed across the page.
That said, Green has many str
Excellent mystery!
When a woman is found dead at The Whispering Pines, not only is everyone shocked, but murder is suspected. After all, why would such a well liked young lady put an end to things, or why would anyone want to do away with her? Her vagabond of a brother is suspected, since he has eve
What I really liked about this book was the way in which the legal elements were portrayed. In the trial there were terse questions and answers, appropriate objections, to-the-point opening and closing statements, and even a Perry Mason-esque trial surprise.
What I didn't like were the extreme overre