Anna Katharine Green
Anna Katharine Green was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".
The Leavenworth Case
In a wealthy family, secrets and suspicion escalate when a shocking murder reveals hidden motives and complex relationships.
By Anna Katharine Green
The Sword of Damocles: A Story of New York Life
In the shadows of ambition and love in 19th century New York, a pianist risks everything, entwined in a web of social climbing, mysterious encounters, and hidden connections that threaten to change his life forever.
By Anna Katharine Green
The House in the Mist
Shelter turns sinister when a lost traveler stumbles into a mansion filled with greedy relatives and deadly secrets.
By Anna Katharine Green
The Forsaken Inn: A Novel
** In a weathered inn veiled in mystery, a traveler uncovers a tale of obsession, dread, and a scream in the night.
By Anna Katharine Green
The Millionaire Baby
A kidnapped heiress, a desperate family, and a man seeking redemption.
By Anna Katharine Green
The Mayor's Wife
In a world of secrets, a young companion risks everything to reveal the source of a prominent woman's mysterious despair within the confines of her grand home.
By Anna Katharine Green
The Millionaire Baby
A desperate detective races against time to find a missing heiress and uncover the dark secrets surrounding her disappearance.
By Anna Katharine Green
A Difficult Problem 1900
A woman's world turns upside down when she uncovers a web of deceit surrounding her husband's death, leading her to question everything she thought she knew.
By Anna Katharine Green
The Hermit Of ——— Street 1898
Amidst love and deception, a woman navigates dangerous secrets within the walls of a hermit's home, facing moral dilemmas and fighting to free those unjustly imprisoned.
By Anna Katharine Green
The House of the Whispering Pines
In a remote clubhouse, a man's world shatters when he finds his fiancée dead, thrusting him into a dangerous quest for a killer hidden among twisted secrets.
By Anna Katharine Green
X Y Z: A Detective Story
In a world of wealth and deceit, a detective races to solve a mysterious death, exposing counterfeiters and unearthing a family's darkest secrets at a fateful masquerade ball.
By Anna Katharine Green
7 to 12: A Detective Story
In a house full of secrets and questionable loyalties, a determined detective must untangle a web of deception to find the thief who stole a fortune in diamonds.
By Anna Katharine Green
The Circular Study
An old detective must solve the perplexing murder of a reclusive man found posed dramatically in his study, amidst strange clues and a rosy glow.
By Anna Katharine Green
The House in the Mist
In a dimly lit mansion shrouded by mist, a chance encounter pulls an unsuspecting wanderer into a dangerous game of inheritance, where family secrets and hidden desires lead to chilling consequences.
By Anna Katharine Green
The step on the stair
In a bustling city, a young man's ordinary life takes a sharp turn when he receives a mysterious letter meant for someone else, thrusting him into a dangerous game of mistaken identity and hidden agendas.
By Anna Katharine Green
Doctor Izard
In a hospital ward where life hangs by a thread, a mysterious proposition ignites a web of secrets, changing the destinies of a doctor, a dying man, and the daughter he seeks to provide for.
By Anna Katharine Green
Room Number 3, and Other Detective Stories
In a tavern filled with secrets, a daughter fights to prove her innocence after her mother's mysterious death, even as the evidence stacks up against her.
By Anna Katharine Green
A Strange Disappearance
In a labyrinth of secrets and potential romance, a detective races against time to find a missing girl, lost from her room in ways that suggest foul play.
By Anna Katharine Green
Hand and Ring
In a small town where everyone knows everyone, the brutal attack on a widow reveals dark secrets, hidden connections, and a web of deceit.
By Anna Katharine Green
Dark Hollow
In a town gripped by mystery, the secrets of a reclusive judge and a mysterious veiled woman intertwine, pulling the community into a web of suspicion and unanswered questions.
By Anna Katharine Green