{"product_id":"that-affair-next-door-and-anna-katharine-green-9780822331537","title":"That Affair Next Door and Lost Man's Lane","description":"Anna Katharine Green was the most famous and prolific writer of detective fiction in the United States prior to Dashiell Hammett. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Leavenworth Case, \u003c\/i\u003e was the bestseller of 1878. Green is credited with a number of \"firsts\" within the mystery genre, including the gentleman murdered as he makes out his will and the icicle as murder weapon. She created the first female detectives in American fiction. Her amateur spinster sleuth, Amelia Butterworth, became the prototype for numerous women detectives to follow, including Agatha Christie's Miss Marple. Nosy, opinionated, and tenacious, Amelia Butterworth engages in a sustained rivalry with Ebenezer Gryce, a police detective. In the interaction between these characters, Green developed two more conventions adopted by future generations of mystery writers: the investigation as battle between the sexes and between the professional and the unexpectedly sharp, observant amateur. This volume presents two of Green's Amelia Butterworth tales: \u003ci\u003eThat Affair Next Door\u003c\/i\u003e (1897) and \u003ci\u003eLost Man's Lane\u003c\/i\u003e (1898).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anna Katharine Green\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822331535\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822331537\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.50w x 1.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2003 pg. 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2004 pg. 1880\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2004 pg. 72 - Strongly Recommended","brand":"Anna Katharine Green","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48483719479551,"sku":"9780822331537","price":129.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_20ff365b-5764-4e86-ab4f-44df78ac2f0e.jpg?v=1778040213","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/that-affair-next-door-and-anna-katharine-green-9780822331537","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}