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As Rita Van Arsdale, a woman deeply in love, accepts the proposal of the charming Mr. Durand at a lavish high society event, she believes she has found her dream man. However, their romantic bliss is abruptly disrupted by the captivating Mrs. Fairbrother and her dazzling diamond that quickly becomes the talk of the party. As the evening progresses, a crime unfolds, and Mr. Durand is unexpectedly cast as the main suspect. Now, its up to Rita to navigate a web of unexpected twists, uncover hidden truths, and clear her fiances name. This tale of love, mystery, and intrigue is masterfully penned ...

Dive into Three Thousand Dollars, a gripping short story by Anna Katharine Green. The plot centers around a seemingly impossible heist of goods locked away within an unbreachable vault in Mr. Stoughtons company. With no apparent means of entry, yet daily access by unknown individuals, confusion and suspicion run rampant among the office clerks. As the cunning scheme to raid the vaults treasures unravels, not even Mr. Stoughton himself appears to know the truth. Join us in this enigmatic journey introduced by Roger Melin.

Delve into the intriguing world of Anna Katharine Green, a pioneer among women detective writers. The Sword of Damocles, first unveiled in 1881, is a masterful weave of mystery and romance. Although her renowned detective, Mr Gryce, only graces the narrative briefly, the core of this captivating tale, aptly subtitled A Story of New York Life, revolves around a series of love stories that are as diverse as they are compelling.

Join us as we delve into the mysterious case of a vanished serving girl from the opulent household of the affluent Mr. Blake. This enigma is brought to the discerning Detective Ebenezer Gryce and his astute assistant Q by the concerned housekeeper, Mrs. Daniels. - Summary by Mark Leder

Dive into Greens final detective masterpiece, The Step on the Stair. Follow Quenton, a man helplessly in love with Orpha and under the impression that their union has her guardians blessings. His world turns upside down when Orphas engagement to Edgar is revealed. As jealousy takes hold, whispers of gossip and old superstitions start to cloud his status in the family. The sudden death of their uncle and a missing will could hold the answers to their tangled lives.

The classic genre-defining whodunit, by the mother of the detective novel. Introducing the first American series detective, Ebenezer Gryce, The Leavenworth Case was published nine years before the debut of Sherlock Holmes, and made author Anna Katharine Green an enormously popular and influential writer who changed the mystery genre forever.

During a high society party set in New York City in the early 1900s, a beautiful woman is murdered and her precious diamond stolen. A young woman attending the party had just accepted a marriage proposal from a handsome young man. Unfortunately, the young man is the prime suspect in the murder due to circumstantial evidence. From there, the story takes many twists and turns before the identity of the killer is finally revealed.

The Amelia Butterworth Mysteries is a series of three novels featuring Amelia Butterworth teaming up with Ebenezer Gryce. Miss Butterworth is a nosy high-society lady whose wealth and lack of family give her plenty of free time in which to solve several Victorian-era crimes.

In the pretty little town of Sibley, NY, the court has adjourned for lunch, and Judge Evans and some of the leading lawyers of the district stand outside the courthouse discussing the limitations of the criminal classes. A stranger describes to them just how a man might commit a murder and avoid detection - and only minutes later, the widow Clemmens is discovered struck down in her parlor by an unknown hand in circumstances eerily similar to those described by the stranger.

Anna Katharine Green (1846 - 1935) was one of the crime novelists and paved the way for later female writers of detective novels, like Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Ngaio Marsh.

In Lost Man's Lane, Gryce reaches out to Butterworth to help solve the secret behind several persons who have disappeared in a small country village, whose inhabitants happen to be the offspring of her childhood friend.

Anna Katharine Green (1846 - 1935) was one of the first crime novelists and paved the way for later female writers of detective novels, like Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Ngaio Marsh. Among her prolific output are 12 novels featuring her main character, detective Ebenezer Gryce of the New York Metropolitan Police Force.

Credited by many as the mother of the detective novel, Anna Katharine Green published her first mystery novel - The Leavenworth Case - in 1878, almost a decade before Sherlock Holmes made his appearance. Green's intrepid Ebenezer Gryce, a seasoned New York detective, takes up the case of a brutally murdered millionaire philanthropist. One of the murdered man's two nieces is set to inherit an immense fortune, and she and her cousin are high on the suspect list.

Rita Van Arsdale, a member of the high society in New York, is invited to an elegant party where she falls in love with a gentleman called Mr. Durand, who returns her feelings and proposes to her. But their plans are derailed after Mrs. Fairbrother, who has arrived at the party wearing a spectacular diamond, is discovered murdered in an alcove. The prime suspect is none other than Mr. Durand, so Miss Van Arsdale gets down to work to reconstruct the true course of events and prove that her love is indeed innocent.

In A Strange Disappearance, we have a small cast of characters, richly described and all engaged in discovering how and why a servant woman has disappeared from Mr Blake’s mansion in the middle of the night. A classic mystery!

This Cyanide Publishing box set contains four classic crime/mystery audiobooks, including The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley, A Strange Disappearance, The Almost Perfect Murder, and Arsene Lupin. Visit www.CyanidePublishing.com - home to the greatest mysteries.

Horatio Leavenworth is a New York merchant whose material wealth is matched by his eminence in the community and reputation for good works.

Violet Strange is no ordinary well-to-do young New York City debutante. Unbeknownst to family and society friends, she leads a secret life as a professional sleuth for a private detective agency. On a mission to raise money for an undisclosed project, the determined and gutsy young debutante diligently snoops around sleepwalking widows, violent and sinister characters, whispering clocks and concealed tombs, connecting clues to solve tales of murder, mystery and intrigue.

First published in 1897, That Affair Next Door is another fascinating study in human motivations intertwined with bits and pieces of circumstantial evidence that at first make very little sense.

A man is found dead in the study of his New York City house and Detective Gryce is called upon to deduce the how and why of his murder - if it is indeed a murder. With the assistance of Miss Amelia Butterworth, Gryce must investigate the meaning of the meager clues, including the cries of a talking bird, in order to uncover what happened to the victim. Solving this crime will involve several generations of two families. Author Anna Katharine Green was often referred to as "the mother of the detective novel" and was an early influence on Agatha Christie.