The Leavenworth Case is by Anna Katherine Green. The first in the Mr. Gryce historical fiction detective series. The story opens when a lawyer is informed that a rich client has been murdered and is summoned to the house to assist the family with the police inquiry. Mr. Leavenworth has two adopted nieces both of whom are beautiful and ultimately fall under suspicion for the crime. Mr. Raymond, the lawyer, is determined to prove that neither niece is guilty and joins with Detective Gryce to solve the murder. I challenge anyone to say they saw the ending coming. This is a wonderful story, actually published nine years before the first of the Sherlock Holmes stories. It is again proof that America, not England, is the home of the detective novel.
Ratings: 10th grade - 8 out of 10.
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