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Audiobooks by Anna Katharine Green
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These two novellas by seminal crime novelist Anna Katharine Green were first published in 1887.
In 7 to 12 the theft of a valuable diamond necklace is reported to the police. Investigation reveals that the circumstances of the crime are not as they first appear as the dark secrets of a wealthy family come to light.
One Hour More describes the desperate plight of a female refugee in Paris as she awaits a long-expected reunion with her lover.
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The Hermit of Nth Street
By Anna Katharine Green
Narrated by Bonnie Trost
This novella comes from A Difficult Problem, a collection of six mystery stories by pioneer crime novelist, Anna Katharine Green. The plot is a curious reworking of the Bluebeard legend - a naive young woman becomes fascinted with a reclusive neighbour, and is led into a relationship with him. However, the neighbour has a dreadful secret.....
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The Bronze Hand
By Anna Katharine Green
Narrated by Sara Morsey
In this brief crime novel, set in the days of Lincoln's presiedntial election, a man responds to a cry for help from a woman who lives in the same block of apartments. She claims that a ring has been stolen from her finger, and asks the man to assist her in recovering it.
Production copyright 2021 Sara Morsey
Love at first sight can be wonderful ... unless you fall in love with a murderer. The local minister dies under mysterious circumstances and Dwight Pollard, indeed the whole Pollard family, are hiding something - something related to the minister. To fulfill a promise to a dying friend, Constance must find the truth behind the minister's death even if that will condemn her love.
By Anna Katharine Green
Narrated by Robert Curran
A plan for a daring robbery is hatched between a professional criminal and an unscrupulous office manager. One person in particular has to be drawn into this nefarious scheme -the business owner's personal assistant, the young and attractive Grace Lee. Will she have the pluck and resourcefulness to deal effectively with this perilous situation?
In The Amethyst Box, a vial of incredibly potent poison goes missing on the eve of a wedding. The groom and the best man set out to find it and prevent its misuse. A man's unexpected but natural death in a hotel become more and more mysterious when we learn his obituary was printed before he died. In The Ruby and the Cauldron, a precious gem is lost then found then lost again...finding it will save one woman from shame but will condemn another. Finally, one of Inspector Gryce's first forays into police work is chronicled in The Staircase at Heart's Delight as he risks his life to solve a series of murders.
There has been a murder in the quiet seaside village of Sutherlandtown …
Agatha Webb and her cook are found dead in the early hours of the morning after a successful party, and it seems just about anyone could be the killer. Some suspect her aging husband; others think it a robbery gone too far. A few nosy villagers draw a connection between this murder and the deaths of her six children so many years prior: Was she truly a victim, a grieving mother? Or did she play some role in these deaths? The list of suspects grows when a certain wealthy townsmen is blackmailed by someone who believes he murdered Agatha Webb and her cook. In the end, it is up to the young Detective Caleb Sweetwater, a native of Sutherlandtown, to untangle this mystery, find the true killer, and bring them to justice.
Five stories to thrill and mystify you. Was there a murder in Room Number 3 or is it only the delusion of a crazy woman? The cold hand of vengeance reaches far beyond the grave when a road weary traveler stumbles into a life-changing and potentially deadly dinner dinner part at 'The House in the Mist.' Held captive by a highwayman, a timid young wife must use her wits to survive?but at 'Midnight on Beauchamp Row' not even the highwayman could have expected the intruder who would prove far more deadly. Anna Katharine Green (1846-1935), a prolific author and 'the mother of the detective novel,' wrote these stories between 1909-1913.
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“The vivid flashes of lightning that shot every now and then through the cracks of the closely shuttered window, making a skeleton of its framework, added not a little to its terror, there being no other light in the room save that....
”An abandoned inn, a crime that took 16 years to be discovered, a generational story of love and betrayal all await the listener in this rendition of Anna Katharine Green’s The Forsaken Inn. A bride arrives on her wedding night and leaves the next day... or did she? Sixteen years later her long-deceased corpse is found at the inn and the unraveling of the mystery of her death begins.
Anna Katharine Green (1846-1935), a prolific author and “the mother of the detective novel,” wrote The Forsaken Inn in 1889. It is a stand-alone murder mystery with hints of gothic paranormal influences.
Against all odds, Rita Van Ardsdale has landed the man of her dreams and is blissfully in love. But her shot at happily ever after is jeopardized when her fiancé is accused of murder. It falls to Rita to crack the case and clear her beloved’s name. Is she up to the task?
It is 1906 in New York City, and newly graduated nursing student Miss Rita Van Arsdale has gained a coveted invitation to an elegant Fifth Avenue ball, thanks her to her wealthy uncle’s connections. At the ball, she receives a marriage proposal from the longtime object of her affection, Mr. Durand. But their plans for wedded bliss are derailed after Mrs. Fairbrother, who has arrived at the party wearing a spectacular diamond, is discovered murdered in an alcove, and her diamond, stolen. The murder weapon? An intricately carved and deadly stiletto blade.
The prime suspect is none other than Mr. Durand. Determined not to let her love slip away, Miss Van Arsdale dedicates herself to reconstructing the true course of events. From eavesdropping to intercepting letters and posing as a nurse under a false name, she becomes a real-life amateur sleuth to prove that her love is indeed innocent.
An original lady detective of the Belle Epoque from Anna Katharine Green, the author regarded as the “mother of the detective novel”
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....
Anna Katharine Green (1846-1935), a prolific American author and “the mother of the detective novel,” wrote Behind Closed Doors in 1888. It is a stand-alone mystery in her Inspector Gryce series.
'Enter, sir; you are the first to arrive...' When young traveller Hugh Austen, hungry and weather-beaten, seeks refuge in a lonely mansion, he finds himself entwined in the gruesome business of an appalling family. Mistaken for a relative himself, he soon learns that the will of a dead man is about the be read, an inheritance about to be divided. But only between the family members who are present at the appointed hour. With `The House in the Mist‘ (1905), detective writer Anna Katharine Green departs from the genre that made her famous and tells a surprising and deliciously horrific story full of twists and revenge, which is bound to satisfy.
