A Strange Disappearance

A wealthy merchant is shot in his locked New York library and suspicion falls on his two nieces. Detective Ebenezer Gryce of the New York police leads the case in the bestseller that brought the police detective to American fiction.

Anna Katharine Green

A widow is murdered in a quiet town and the police must choose between two very different suspects. Ebenezer Gryce and the young detective Horace Byrd follow a trail that ends in a dramatic trial.

Anna Katharine Green

A young woman is found dead in the empty house next to Amelia Butterworth's, and the curious spinster starts her own investigation. Her rivalry with Detective Ebenezer Gryce makes this one of the liveliest police novels of its era.

Anna Katharine Green

Travelers keep disappearing on a lonely country road, and Detective Gryce sends Amelia Butterworth to stay in the village and watch. A darker, almost gothic case for the famous pair.

Anna Katharine Green

A man is found stabbed in his round, curtained study, with a mute servant and a bird that cries "Remember Evelyn!" as the only witnesses. An aging Ebenezer Gryce, his assistant Sweetwater and Amelia Butterworth piece the crime together.

Anna Katharine Green