The Leavenworth Case

A Lawyer's Story

Author: Anna Katharine Green
ISBN: 0486238652

The Leavenworth Case, published in 1878, was the first detective novel written by a woman and one of the first modern bestsellers. It sold a quarter of a million copies, and earned its author, Anna Katherine Green, the title of "The Mother of the Detective Novel". This first book starred Detective Ebenezer Gryce, a low key, middle-aged New York police officer. He went on to appear in many other of Green's books, along with a series of other friends, many of whom starred in books of their own.

Publisher: Dover Publications
Publish Date: 1981

Subjects: Fiction / Classics, Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Fiction)