I am not without self-control, yet when Miss Davies entered the room with that air of importance she invariably assumes when she has an unusually fine position to offer, I could not hide all traces of my anxiety. I needed a position, needed it badly, while the others- But her eyes are on our faces, she is scanning us all with that close and calculating gaze which lets nothing escape. She has passed me by-my heart goes down, down-when suddenly her look returns and she singles me out.
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Why does every tenant flee this house?,
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If you appreciate secret passageways, menacing messages in mysterious cipher, hidden treasures, floor boards that creak in the night, cranky old butlers, crazy old ladies, and beautiful heroines tormented by nameless fears - you should enjoy this mystery as much as I did.Young Miss Saunders desperately needs work, so she accepts a peculiar job as temporary companion to the mayor's wife, a once serenely happy woman who has suddenly become nervous and depressed. The mayor is campaigning and can't be home with her. Basically he needs a kind-hearted and resourceful spy to unravel the mystery and restore his wife's happiness. A tall order, but Miss Saunders is not lacking in wit, heart or courage. It quickly becomes apparent that the mayor and his beautiful wife, who love each other dearly, have rented a haunted house. For some years no tenant has stayed there longer than a month. Miss Saunders, of course is too sensible to believe in ghosts. She intends to find the natural cause behind the supernatural manifestations that the house offers up quite regularly. This may not be the greatest of Green's novels, but it's well stocked with colorful characters, and the reader and Miss Saunders get to grapple with multiple mysteries. Anna Katharine Green was a shy, introverted, Victorian-style woman with a wonderful talent for creating fearless, no-nonsense women investigators. Her plots were so ingenious that some contemporary critics thought she must be a man writing under a female pseudonym. Although her works are not much in the public eye these days, they influenced both Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie. I personally think Green deserves a revival, and I'm on a project to read all her novels.
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I had never heard of Anna Katherine Green. She was born inNew York City in 1846, the daughter of a criminal attorney. She had to have attended many of her father's trials in court; she is a fantastic writer. I never thought I would find a writer that is right up there with Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie, Wilkie Collins(strong reminder) and John Dickson Carr. I have just finished, "The Mayor's Wife" published in 1907(!) and almost read straight through 387 pages. Also have read, "That Affair Next Door" and "Lost Man's Lane" (this one especially intriging as in a smalll village on one particular short lane, people have been disappearing and no one knows where to as there are only like 4-5 houses on the lane. Miss Butterworth, a very much "Miss Marple" lives in NYC and a retired policeman asks her to help him with this case and as she has been planning to visit a deceased college mate's children who just happen to live on that lane, she is in for one mystifying experience. I,m sure if I manage to read all of Green's books still in print, I will feel as I did with Holmes and Christie; wanting please just a few more (and a few more, etc i,m sure!)
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I am not without self-control, yet when Miss Davies entered the room with that air of importance she invariably assumes when she has an unusually fine position to offer, I could not hide all traces of my anxiety. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mayor Packard, Miss Thankful, Miss Charity, Miss Saunders, Misses Quinlan, Franklin Street, Miss Davies, John Silverthorn Brainard, Stanton Street New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Surprise Me!
I am not without self-control, yet when Miss Davies entered the room with that air of importance she invariably assumes when she has an unusually fine position to offer, I could not hide all traces of my anxiety. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mayor Packard, Miss Thankful, Miss Charity, Miss Saunders, Misses Quinlan, Franklin Street, Miss Davies, John Silverthorn Brainard, Stanton Street New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Surprise Me!
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