The Leavenworth case

Anna Katharine Green, 1846-1935

Book - 2010

When someone shoots Horatio Leavenworth, a wealthy retired merchant, through the head in his library late one night, the evidence at the inquest indicates that no one could have left the victim's locked Manhattan mansion before the discovery of the body the next morning. Suspicion thus falls on members of the household, specifically the dead man's nieces, Mary and Eleanore, only one of whom stands to benefit from their uncle's death. Everett Raymond, a junior partner in a New York law firm that had Leavenworth as a client, teams with unassuming official investigator Ebenezer Gryce to seek the truth.

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Published
New York : Penguin Books 2010.
Language
English
Main Author
Anna Katharine Green, 1846-1935 (-)
Other Authors
Michael Sims, 1958- (-)
Item Description
Originally published: 1878.
"First published in the United States of America by G. P. Putnam's Sons 1878"--Title page verso.
Physical Description
xxiv, 326 pages ; 20 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN
9780143106128
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

First published in 1878, nine years before the debut of Sherlock Holmes in A Study in Scarlet, this atmospheric and suspenseful mystery well deserves a modern audience. When someone shoots Horatio Leavenworth, a wealthy retired merchant, through the head in his library late one night, the evidence at the inquest indicates that no one could have left the victim's locked Manhattan mansion before the discovery of the body the next morning. Suspicion thus falls on members of the household, specifically the dead man's nieces, Mary and Eleanore, only one of whom stands to benefit from their uncle's death. Everett Raymond, a junior partner in a New York law firm that had Leavenworth as a client, teams with unassuming official investigator Ebenezer Gryce to seek the truth. Green (1846-1935), whose smooth prose remains fresh, makes Gryce an interesting enough character to leave fans of traditional whodunits eager to see more of the detective in reissues of his further exploits. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

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