Mystery fiction· Anna Katharine Green· "locked-room" mystery
The Leavenworth Case
The Leavenworth Case (1878) by Anna Katharine Green is a pioneering American detective novel and a landmark "locked-room" mystery. The story begins when Horatio Leavenworth, a wealthy retired merchant, is found shot to death inside the…
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The Leavenworth Case (1878) by Anna Katharine Green is a pioneering American detective novel and a landmark "locked-room" mystery. The story begins when Horatio Leavenworth, a wealthy retired merchant, is found shot to death inside the locked library of his Fifth Avenue mansion. Because there are no signs of forced entry or robbery, suspicion immediately falls upon the remaining household members—specifically his two beautiful nieces, Mary and Eleanore, who possess conflicting motives tied to his massive inheritance.
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- Published
- 3 August 2026
- Format
- Book
- Extent
- 41 chapters
- Language
- EN
- Chapters
- 41
- Language
- English
- On Lithril
- August 2026
Chapters
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- 01I. “A GREAT CASE”Read
- 02FOOTNOTE:Read
- 03II. THE CORONER’S INQUESTRead
- 04III. FACTS AND DEDUCTIONSRead
- 05IV. A CLUE.Read
- 06V. EXPERT TESTIMONYRead
- 07VI. SIDE-LIGHTSRead
- 08VII. MARY LEAVENWORTHRead
- 09VIII. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCERead
- 10IX. A DISCOVERYRead
- 11X. MR. GRYCE RECEIVES NEW IMPETUSRead
- 12XI. THE SUMMONSRead
- 13XII. ELEANORERead
- 14XIII. THE PROBLEM.Read
- 15BOOK II. HENRY CLAVERINGRead
- 16XIV. MR. GRYCE AT HOMERead
- 17XV. WAYS OPENINGRead
- 18XVI. THE WILL OF A MILLIONAIRERead
- 19XVII. THE BEGINNING OF GREAT SURPRISESRead
- 20XVIII. ON THE STAIRSRead
- 21XIX. IN MY OFFICERead
- 22XXI. A PREJUDICERead
- 23XXII. PATCH-WORKRead
- 24XXIII. THE STORY OF A CHARMING WOMANRead
- 25XXIV. A REPORT FOLLOWED BY SMOKERead
- 26XXV. TIMOTHY COOKRead
- 27XXVI. MR. GRYCE EXPLAINS HIMSELFRead
- 28XXVII. AMY BELDENRead
- 29XXVIII. A WEIRD EXPERIENCERead
- 30XXIX. THE MISSING WITNESSRead
- 31XXX. BURNED PAPERRead
- 32XXXI. QRead
- 33XXXII. MRS. BELDEN’S NARRATIVERead
- 34XXXIII. UNEXPECTED TESTIMONYRead
- 35BOOK IV. THE PROBLEM SOLVEDRead
- 36XXXIV. MR. GRYCE RESUMES CONTROLRead
- 37XXXV. FINE WORKRead
- 38XXXVI. GATHERED THREADSRead
- 39XXXVII. CULMINATIONRead
- 40XXXVIII. A FULL CONFESSIONRead
- 41XXXIX. THE OUTCOME OF A GREAT CRIMERead
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