{"product_id":"that-affair-next-door-and-lost-mans-lane-paperback-2","title":"That Affair Next Door and Lost Man's Lane - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnna Katharine Green\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnna 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).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the very beginning women writers have been of fundamental importance to the mystery genre, and these highly entertaining works by one of the founding 'mothers' of the American mystery novel demonstrate why. Times may have changed since these books were first published, but good reading never goes out of fashion.--Dean James, coauthor of \"By a Woman's Hand: A Guide to Mystery Fiction by Women \"and manager of Murder by the Book (Houston, Texas)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnna Katharine Green (1846-1935) was a well-reviewed and commercially successful author of detective novels. She wrote thirty-four novels and four collections of stories. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatherine Ross Nickerson is Associate Professor of English at Emory University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Web of Iniquity: Early Detective Fiction by American Women, \u003c\/i\u003e also published by Duke University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 456\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.7 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 07, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53909026472243,"sku":"9780822331902","price":71.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/YEQDWw0v2v9780822331902_c03b937e-6d5c-45d7-8d06-d5ec07613c72.webp?v=1787829034","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/that-affair-next-door-and-lost-mans-lane-paperback-2","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}