The Mother of Detective Fiction, the American novelist Anna Katharine Green produced well-constructed plots, noted for their sound knowledge of criminal law and accurate realism. Her detective stories would have a lasting influence on the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie and countless other writers of crime and mystery literature. For the first time in publishing history, this comprehensive eBook presents Green’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Green’s life and works

* Concise introductions to the major novels and other texts

* All 29 novels, with individual contents tables

* Features rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including Green’s last novel THE STEP ON THE STAIR

* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts

* Excellent formatting of the texts

* Many works are fully illustrated with their original artwork

* Special Amelia Butterworth Series contents table – the original influence for Jane Marple

* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories

* Easily locate the short stories you want to read

* Includes rare uncollected short stories, appearing here for the first time in digital publishing, including 7 TO 12: A DETECTIVE STORY

* Includes Green’s rare poetry collection THE DEFENCE OF THE BRIDE AND OTHER POEMS – available in no other collection

* Green’s play RISIFI’S DAUGHTER, digitised here for the first time

* Features rare non-fiction newspaper articles by Green

* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

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CONTENTS:

The Amelia Butterworth Series

The Novels

THE LEAVENWORTH CASE

A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE

THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES

XYZ

HAND AND RING

THE MILL MYSTERY

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

THE FORSAKEN INN

A MATTER OF MILLIONS

CYNTHIA WAKEHAM’S MONEY

MARKED PERSONAL

MISS HURD

DOCTOR IZARD

THAT AFFAIR NEXT DOOR

LOST MAN’S LANE

AGATHA WEBB

THE CIRCULAR STUDY

ONE OF MY SONS

THE FILIGREE BALL

THE MILLIONAIRE BABY

THE WOMAN IN THE ALCOVE

THE CHIEF LEGATEE

THE MAYOR’S WIFE

THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS

THE HOUSE OF THE WHISPERING PINES

INITIALS ONLY

DARK HOLLOW

THE MYSTERY OF THE HASTY ARROW

THE STEP ON THE STAIR

The Shorter Fiction

THE OLD STONE HOUSE AND OTHER STORIES

MASTERPIECES OF MYSTERY

THE GOLDEN SLIPPER AND OTHER PROBLEMS FOR VIOLET STRANGE

TO THE MINUTE, SCARLET AND BLACK

UNCOLLECTED SHORT STORIES

The Short Stories

LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

The Play

RISIFI’S DAUGHTER

The Poetry

THE DEFENCE OF THE BRIDE AND OTHER POEMS

The Non-Fiction

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

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