Book
That affair next door / Anna Katharine Green ; edited, with and introduction and notes, by Leslie S. Klinger ; foreword by Carla D. Hayden.
"The first book in an exciting new classic mystery series created in partnership with the Library of Congress, That Affair Next Door follows Miss Amelia Butterworth, an inquisitive single woman who becomes involved in a murder investigation after the woman next door turns up dead. Miss Amelia Butterworth is unmarried but quite content as an observer of human nature-until late one evening she notices a man and woman enter the supposedly empty house next door, whose owners are away on a trip abroad. Suspiciously, the man leaves the house some time later, but the woman doesn't follow. The next morning Miss Butterworth finds the woman dead, mysteriously crushed under a cabinet. When Detective Ebenezer Gryce takes on the case, Miss Butterworth decides to take matters into her own hands and solve the murder herself"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781464212956
- ISBN: 1464212953
- Physical Description: 356 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Naperville, Illinois : Poisoned Pen Press, [2020]
- Copyright: ©1897, 2020
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Originally published in 1897 in New York by G.P. Putnam's Sons/The Knickerbocker Press" --title page verso. Includes Reading group guide (pages 351-352). |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-354). |
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| Subject: | Women detectives > Fiction. Murder > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Mystery fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. |
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Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirtland Community College Library | PS 2732 .T43 2020 | 30775305554546 | General Collection | Available | - |
Summary:
"The first book in an exciting new classic mystery series created in partnership with the Library of Congress, That Affair Next Door follows Miss Amelia Butterworth, an inquisitive single woman who becomes involved in a murder investigation after the woman next door turns up dead. Miss Amelia Butterworth is unmarried but quite content as an observer of human nature-until late one evening she notices a man and woman enter the supposedly empty house next door, whose owners are away on a trip abroad. Suspiciously, the man leaves the house some time later, but the woman doesn't follow. The next morning Miss Butterworth finds the woman dead, mysteriously crushed under a cabinet. When Detective Ebenezer Gryce takes on the case, Miss Butterworth decides to take matters into her own hands and solve the murder herself"--