The Leavenworth Case
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A wealthy bibliophile is murdered in his locked library, and a detective must untangle a household of suspects in one of the first American detective novels.
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THE LEAVENWORTH CASE
A LAWYER’S STORY
By Anna Katharine Green
[Illustration: “I did not go, but stood watching the firelight flicker on her black dress”]
CONTENTS
BOOK I.
THE PROBLEM
PAGE
I. “A GREAT CASE” 1
II. THE CORONER’S INQUEST 11
III. FACTS AND DEDUCTIONS 17
IV. A CLUE 36
V. EXPERT TESTIMONY 43
VI. SIDE-LIGHTS 51
VII. MARY LEAVENWORTH 57
VIII. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE 65
IX. A DISCOVERY 80
X. MR. GRYCE RECEIVES NEW IMPETUS 90
XI. THE SUMMONS 101
XII. ELEANORE 108
XIII. THE PROBLEM 115
BOOK II.
HENRY CLAVERING
XIV. MR. GRYCE AT HOME 123
XV. WAYS OPENING 136
XVI. THE WILL OF A MILLIONAIRE 146
XVII. THE BEGINNING OF GREAT SURPRISES 151
XVIII. ON THE STAIRS 162
XIX. IN MY OFFICE 170
XX. “TRUEMAN! TRUEMAN! TRUEMAN!” 177
XXI. A PREJUDICE 183
XXII. PATCH-WORK 191
XXIII. THE STORY OF A CHARMING WOMAN 210
XXIV. A REPORT FOLLOWED BY SMOKE 220
XXV. TIMOTHY COOK 230
XXVI. MR. GRYCE EXPLAINS HIMSELF 239
BOOK III.
HANNAH
XXVII. AMY BELDEN 251
XXVIII. A WEIRD EXPERIENCE 258
XXIX. THE MISSING WITNESS 272
XXX. BURNED PAPER 278
XXXI. Q 285
XXXII. MRS. BELDEN’S NARRATIVE 296
XXXIII. UNEXPECTED TESTIMONY 325
BOOK IV.
THE PROBLEM SOLVED
XXXIV. MR. GRYCE RESUMES CONTROL 332
XXXV. FINE WORK 351
XXXVI. GATHERED THREADS 364
XXXVII. CULMINATION 373
XXXVIII. A FULL CONFESSION 384
XXXIX. THE OUTCOME OF A GREAT CRIME 405
Illustrations
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“I did not go, but stood watching the firelight flicker on her black dress” Frontispiece
“What was my astonishment to come upon Miss Eleanore Leavenworth standing at the side of her uncle’s bed, with his pistol in her hand” 48
“Pausing only long enough on the threshold to compose myself for the interview, I lifted my hand to knock” 50
“Her whole appearance was so startling, so extraordinary, that I held my breath in surprise” 52
“She . . . was fumbling with the waist of her dress in a way to convince me she had something concealed there which she was anxious to dispose of” 88
“He pushed me upwards. ‘Go back!’ he whispered, . . . ‘Go back!’” 164
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A wealthy bibliophile is murdered in his locked library, and a detective must untangle a household of suspects in one of the first American detective novels.
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