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The dance was over. From the great house on the hill the guests had all departed and only the musicians remained. As they filed out through the ample doorway, on their way home, the first faint streak of early dawn became visible in the east. One of them, a lank, plain-featured... Read Full Overview

Book Excerpt: u see. He has swallowed a glass of port, but that is all. The other glasses have had no wine in them, nor have the victuals been touched.""Seats set for three and only one occupied," murmured Mr. Sutherland. "Strange! Could he have expected guests?""It looks like... Read Full Overview

On the New England seacoast, not far from Boston, lies a staid, picturesque village called Sutherlandtown. In these tranquil surroundings, Agatha Webb and her servant are found murdered. The task of unraveling the mystery begins at once, and suspicion points to a number of persons... Read Full Overview

As a convivial group leaves a dance one night a young man rushes by muttering "Thank God, this night of horror is over"... and soon therafter cries of "Murder " alert the group that Agatha Webb has been stabbed to death

Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 - April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories.Green has been called "the mother of the detective... Read Full Overview

Celebrated as one of the most important early female writers of detective fiction, Anna Katherine Green was lauded for her meticulous plotting and attention to detail. In this classic mystery novel, Agatha Webb and a household servant are found dead. Detective Caleb Sweetwater... Read Full Overview

Agatha Webb, adored by all who know her, has been murdered. So unthinkable is it that anyone would commit such a crime means everybody is now a suspect. Was it her doting husband who has found himself in a tricky financial situation? Or perhaps the well-to-do Mr. Fredrick, who... Read Full Overview

A respected woman and her servant are murdered in a quiet New England village, and every respectable surface begins to crack. Agatha Webb was known for sorrow, charity, and mystery; after her death, old rumours about the loss of her children return, a wealthy... Read Full Overview

A respected woman and her servant are murdered in a quiet New England village, and every respectable surface begins to crack. Agatha Webb was known for sorrow, charity, and mystery; after her death, old rumours about the loss of her children return, a wealthy... Read Full Overview

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