検索キーワード： 著者 "Anna Katharine Green" すべてのカテゴリー

Un uomo ucciso a colpi di arma da fuoco nella sua stanza e un assassino scomparso nella notte senza lasciare tracce. A indagare sul delitto è Violet Strange, la prima donna detective nella storia del mystery. Un racconto dell'autrice americana che rese popolare il genere poliziesco con un decennio di anticipo su Conan Doyle e diventò un modello per molti scrittori a venire.

A husband’s untimely death is foretold by a newspaper clipping found in his young wife’s bedroom the day before his death. The wife enlists a detective to help solve the puzzle only to find the killer is much closer than she ever imagined. Written by the first female writer of detective fiction in America, this short thriller in two parts showcases the remarkable mind of Anna Katharine Green. Green is widely considered the “mother of the detective novel” and was a contemporary influence on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie.

Lucy Holmes has been happily married for six months. Her husband is expected home from a business trip to Philadelphia when she receives the following cryptic telegram: "Come at once. Your husband found dead in his room this morning. Doctors say heart disease. Please telegraph." Foul play is suspected, but the search for means and motive is not such a straightforward process.

Deborah’s husband was hung for murder ten years ago. She still believes he was innocent. Deborah turns to the judge who sentenced her husband as the one person who can help her clear his name … and in doing so, she learns that Dark Hollow holds more secrets than she imagined …

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