| A Strange Disappearance by Anna Katharine Green, Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Literary Contributor(s): Green, Anna Katharine (Author) |
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ISBN: 1606647199 ISBN-13: 9781606647196 Publisher: Aegypan OUR PRICE: $20.66 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: The rising young detective known as "Q," acknowledged as the most astute man for mysterious and unprecedented cases in the polic force, finds himself confronted with the most puzzling of disappearances. What at first seemed a harmless affair, perhaps merely elopement, becomes more complicated by the moment. The household involved is that of one of the richest men of the city -- a man who seems strangely unconcerned at the girl's fate. The housekeeper brings the matter to the police, yet seems to know more than she is will to tell. And the disappearance, upon inspection, looks seriously worse than even the housekeeper believed -- for hidden in the rose-patterned carpet are drops of blood! Anna Katharine Green (1846-1935) is author of novels of mystery and detection including "The Forsaken Inn" and "The Millionaire Baby." |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: 813.4 |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6" W x 9" (0.70 lbs) 120 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
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Contributor Bio(s): Green, Anna Katharine: - "Anna Katharine Green (1846 - 1935) 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." She was born in Brooklyn, New York on November 11, 1846. Green had an early ambition to write romantic verse and she corresponded with Ralph Waldo Emerson. When her poetry failed to gain recognition, she produced her first and best known novel, The Leavenworth Case (1878), praised by Wilkie Collins and the hit of the year. She became a bestselling author, eventually publishing about 40 books." |