The Leavenworth Case

Name: The Leavenworth Case
Author: Anna Katharine Green
ISBN: 9781427080257

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 1902358 pages

813.4

Category: Mystery
Priority: Recommended
Author works: 1
Editions known: 70

Classification

Dewey (DDC): 813.4
Library of Congress (LCC): PZ0003.R636 L32PS2732 L32PS2732 L28PS2732.L4 1878

Subjects

Crimes againstDetective and mystery storiesFictionFiction, generalFiction, mystery & detective, generalInheritance and successionInvestigationLawyersLawyers, fictionMerchantsMurderNew york (n.y.), fiction

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ISBN 9781427080257English

DATE DUE

First published1902

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