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A dead woman is discovered in the parlor of an empty luxury home in New York's famed Gramercy Park. Thus opens Anna Katharine Green's popular detective novel That Affair Next Door.

Edwin Urquhart, loved by two sisters, chooses to marry the elder. Arriving at the Forsaken Inn for their honeymoon, they occupy an apartment containing a secret chamber. That night, the young bride is murdered and buried in this secret room. Did her new husband commit the crime - or is something much more sinister afoot?

In Cynthia Wakehams Money, a promising young lawyer is summoned to the residence of a gravely ill woman with the task of creating her will. In his quest to uncover her legal heirs, he crosses paths with an enchantingly beautiful woman harboring a mysterious scar. As he delves deeper into his search, the lawyer is drawn into a web of peculiar happenings that challenge his understanding of reality. (Summary by Richard Kilmer)

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.

A doctor preparing for his wedding is interrupted by a detective with an errand requiring great discretion. Can the doctor identify a mysterious woman at a hotel? He can. She is weeping...she is distraught...she is his fiancee. Leaving her in her misery, he returns to the wedding site to discover his bride-to-be has been there for hours. From there, the mystery only deepens.

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.

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!

The dead body of a woman was found under a large cabinet. But she had been dead four hours before the cabinet fell upon her. The owners of the house had been on vacation and the place empty. Who was she and why was she in the empty house all alone? Anna Katharine Green was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. She is credited with shaping detective fiction into its classic form, and developing the series detective.

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.

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.

A young lawyer is summoned to draw up the will of an elderly and infirm woman. She directs that all her property be bequeathed to her sister. At the end of the consultation, the woman dies. When the heir goes missing, it is suspected that the woman's death was not due to natural causes. Further investigation reveals that the woman and her sister were trapped in a reclusive lifestyle by a promise exacted by their uncaring and overbearing father. Each woman had a lover whom she wished to marry, but the unions were frustrated by the demands of the father.

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.

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.

Fourteen mysteries to test your inner sleuth! This collection includes "The Stolen White Elephant" by Mark Twain, narrated by Mauro Hantman; "The Fenchurch Street Mystery" by Baroness Orczy, narrated by Davina Porter; "Problem of the Superfluous Finger" by Jacques Futrelle, narrated by Stephen R. Thorne; "The Blue Sequin" by R. Austin Freeman, narrated by Simon Vance; "An Intangible Clue" by Anna Katharine Green, narrated by Angela Brazil; and "The Oblong Box" by Edgar Allan Poe, narrated by Mauro Hantman, among others.

Journey back to New York City, 1913, and step into a quiet museum disrupted by a shocking crime. A teenage girl is found dead, an arrow piercing her heart, with only a seemingly mad older woman as a witness. How can the frail, 83-year-old Mr. Gryce solve this mystery when the only lead appears to be insane? Renowned for her scientific approach to murder mysteries, Anna Katharine Green breaks new ground with an intense study of the psychological dynamics between the murderer, the victim, and the witnesses in The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow. This isnt your typical detective story - it teases ...

Phil Ocumpaugh is desperate. His six-year-old daughter, Gwendolen, mysteriously disappeared from their New York home on the afternoon of August 16th. A hefty reward of five thousand dollars awaits anyone who can provide information leading to her recovery, alive or dead. Will you be the one to unravel this chilling mystery?