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The Leavenworth Case

by Anna Katharine Green

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The Leavenworth Case (1878), subtitled A Lawyer's Story, is an American detective novel and the first novel by Anna Katharine Green. Set in New York City, it concerns the murder of a retired merchant, Horatio Leavenworth, in his New York mansion. The popular novel introduced the detective Ebenezer Gryce, and was influential in the development of the detective novel. In her autobiography, Agatha Christie cited it as an influence on her own fiction.

First published 1902 358 pages
Category
Mystery
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Recommended
Author works
1
Editions known
70
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DDC 813.4 LCC PZ-0003.00000000.R636 L32 Crimes againstDetective and mystery storiesFictionFiction, generalFiction, mystery & detective, generalInheritance and successionInvestigationLawyers
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