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. 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. A remarkable monkey may hold the key to the mysterious murder of a wealthy philanthropist.
With Donald Cook, Jean Rouverol, Norman Foster, Erin OBrien-Moore.
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. The Leavenworth Case is the first novel of Anna Katharine Green, an American poet and novelist, who was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America, and distinguished herself for writing well plotted, accurate legal thrillers. The Leavenworth Case: Directed by Lewis D. 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. Leavenworth was out, and supposing the ladies to be out also, I took the liberty of ascertaining who the intruder was when what was my astonishment to come upon Miss Eleanore Leavenworth, standing at the side of her uncle’s bed, with his pistol in her hand. First published in 1878, nine years before the debut of Sherlock Holmes in A Study in Scarlet\n, this atmospheric and suspenseful mystery well deserves a modern audience. For many years, The Leavenworth Case seemed to hold a number of distinctions first American detective novel, first detective novel by a woman in any country but while critics have since nuanced those claims, Green’s book still stands tallest for its wide and rampant popularity, the first book of a career that spanned nearly five decades.
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