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A Strange Disappearance
The book follows the astute detective, Mr. Gryce, as he investigates the mysterious disappearance of a young girl named Emily from the house of her employer, Mr. Blake.
"A Strange Disappearance" by Anna Katharine Green is a detective novel. The book follows the astute detective, Mr. Gryce, as he investigates the mysterious disappearance of a young girl named Emily from the house of her employer, Mr. Blake.
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“Talking of sudden disappearances the one you mention of Hannah in that Leavenworth case of ours, is not the only remarkable one which has come under my direct notice. Indeed, I know of another that in some respects, at least, surpasses that in points of interest, and if you will promise not to inquire into the real names of the parties concerned, as the affair is a secret, I will relate you my experience regarding it.”
The speaker was Q, the rising young detective, universally acknowledged by us of the force as the most astute man for mysterious and unprecedented cases, then in the bureau, always and of course excepting Mr. Gryce; and such a statement from him could not but arouse our deepest curiosity. Drawing up, then, to the stove around which we were sitting in lazy enjoyment of one of those off-hours so dear to a detective’s heart, we gave with alacrity the required promise; and settling himself back with the satisfied air of a man who has a good story to tell that does not entirely lack certain points redounding to his own credit, he began:
I was one Sunday morning loitering at the ——- Precinct Station, when the door opened and a respectable-looking middle-aged woman came in, whose agitated air at once attracted my attention. Going up to her, I asked her what she wanted.
Contents
- 01A Strange Disappearance
- 02Chapter I. A Novel Case
- 03Chapter II. A Few Points
- 04Chapter III. The Contents of a Bureau Drawer
- 05Chapter IV. Thompson’s Story
- 06Chapter V. A New York Belle
- 07Chapter VI. A Bit of Calico
- 08Chapter VII. The House at the Granby Cross Roads
- 09Chapter VIII. A Word Overheard
- 10Chapter IX. A Few Golden Hairs
- 11Chapter X. The Secret of Mr. Blake’s Studio
- 12Chapter XI. Luttra
- 13Chapter XII. A Woman’s Love
- 14Chapter XIII. A Man’s Heart
- 15Chapter XIV. Mrs. Daniels
- 16Chapter XV. A Confab
- 17Chapter XVI. The Mark of the Red Cross
- 18Chapter XVII. The Capture
- 19Chapter XVIII. Love and Duty
- 20Chapter XIX. Explanations
- 21Chapter XX. The Bond That Unites
About this edition
- Author
- Anna Katharine Green
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Intermediate: some philosophy helps
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 100 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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