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Анна Грин

Американка Энн Кэтрин Грин (1846–1935) – пионер детективного жанра, писательница, впервые в истории литературы назвавшая свои романы «детективными». Она заложила основы полицейского романа, исторического детектива и романа о частном сыске. Ее дебютное произведение «Ливенвортское дело» (1878 г.) с...

The House of the Whispering PinesAnna Katharine Green The House of the Whispering Pines BOOK ONE SMOKE I THE HESITATING STEP To have reared a towering schemeOf happiness, and to behold it razed,Were nothing: all men hope, and see their hopesFrustrate, and grieve awhile, and hope anew;But— A Blot ...

Эдвард Сильвестер – респектабельный джентльмен, баловень судьбы. В недавнем прошлом биржевой спекулянт, а сегодня – директор одного из крупнейших банков Нью-Йорка. У него есть все атрибуты роскошной жизни: огромный дом, красавица жена. Но душу его тяготит некая тайна, и страх, что когда-нибудь он...

The Chief LegateeAnna Katharine Green The Chief Legatee PART I A Woman of Mystery CHAPTER I A BRIDE OF FIVE HOURS "What's up?"This from the manager of the Hotel – to his chief clerk. "Something wrong in Room 81?""Yes, sir. I've just sent for a detective. You were not to be found and the gentleman...

The Leavenworth CaseAnna Katharine Green The Leavenworth Case BOOK I. THE PROBLEM I. “A GREAT CASE” “A deed of dreadful note.” —Macbeth.I had been a junior partner in the firm of Veeley, Carr & Raymond, attorneys and counsellors at law, for about a year, when one morning, in the temporary abs...

The Gray MadamAnna Katharine Green The Gray Madam / 1899 WAS it a specter?For days I could not answer this question. I am no believer in spiritual manifestations, yet—But let me tell my story.I was lodging with my wife on the first floor of a house in Twenty-seventh street. I had taken the apartm...

The Mill MysteryAnna Katharine Green The Mill Mystery I THE ALARM Life, struck sharp on death,Makes awful lightning. —MRS. BROWNING.I had just come in from the street. I had a letter in my hand. It was for my fellow-lodger, a young girl who taught in the High School, and whom I had persuaded to s...

The Woman in the AlcoveAnna Katharine Green The Woman in the Alcove I. THE WOMAN WITH THE DIAMOND I was, perhaps, the plainest girl in the room that night. I was also the happiest—up to one o’clock. Then my whole world crumbled, or, at least, suffered an eclipse. Why and how, I am about to relate...

The Hermit Of. … StreetAnna Katharine Green The Hermit Of – Street / 1898 CHAPTER I. I COMMIT AN INDISCRETION I should have kept my eyes for the many brilliant and interesting sights constantly offered me. Another girl would have done so. I myself might have done so, had I been over eighteen, or,...

The Mystery of the Hasty ArrowAnna Katharine Green The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow BOOK I A PROBLEM OF THE FIRST ORDER I "LET SOME ONE SPEAK!" The hour of noon had just struck, and the few visitors still lingering among the curiosities of the great museum were suddenly startled by the sight of one...