The Amelia Butterworth Mysteries

Anna Katharine Green
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THE AMELIA BUTTERWORTH MYSTERIES is a series of three novels featuring Miss Amelia Butterworth teamed up with Detective Ebenezer Gryce of the New York Metropolitan Police. Miss Butterworth is a nosy high-society lady whose wealth and lack of family give her the free time solve several Victorian-era crimes.Anna Katharine Green (1846-1935) was a pioneering American author of detective fiction. Her legally accurate and intricately-plotted works served to inspire later generations of writers, including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie, who patterned her 'Miss Marple' character after Green's spinster crimefighter Amelia Butterworth. Includes an active table of contents with back-linking for easy navigation.• That Affair Next Door• Lost Man’s Lane• The Circular Study
Genres: MysteryHistoryClassicsHistorical Mystery
889 Pages

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