The Leavenworth Case

Name: The Leavenworth Case
Brand: Penguin Classics
SKU: 9780143106128-PRUSDTR-US
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English • Age Adult - Adult

352 pages • 5.14 x 7.71 x 0.77 in

Approx. weight: 0.6 lb

Publication date: 27 Apr,2010

Barcode: 9780143106128 • Penguin Classics

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Fiction: Crime and mystery

Crime and mystery fiction
Classic fiction: general and literary

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By: Anna Katharine Green

The classic genre-defining whodunit, by the mother of the detective novel

Introducing the first American series detective, Ebenezer Gryce, The Leavenworth Case was published nine years before the debut of Sherlock Holmes, and made author Anna Katharine Green an enormously popular and influential writer who changed the mystery genre forever. Showcasing Green's verve and style, The Leavenworth Case opens with the shocking murder of Horatio Leavenworth, a wealthy New York merchant, philanthropist, and well-known member of the community. His favorite niece, Mary, is to inherit his fortune, and all of the evidence seems to implicate her or her sister. Yet surprises greet Gryce at every turn-even before the second murder.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.