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The Leavenworth Case

By: Anna Katharine Green
Narrated by: Steve Marvel
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The classic genre-defining whodunit, by the mother of the detective novel. Introducing the first American series detective, Ebenezer Gryce, The Leavenworth Case was published nine years before the debut of Sherlock Holmes, and made author Anna Katharine Green an enormously popular and influential writer who changed the mystery genre forever.

Showcasing Green's verve and style, The Leavenworth Case opens with the shocking murder of Horatio Leavenworth, a wealthy New York merchant, philanthropist, and well-known member of the community. His favorite niece, Mary, is to inherit his fortune, and all of the evidence seems to implicate her or her sister. Yet surprises greet Gryce at every turn - even before the second murder.

Public Domain (P)2013 Audible, Inc. Linguistics Social Sciences Detective Crime Murder
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I can appreciate that the book is written from a time of 1871 and obviously people reacted and behaved so differently from today but I found parts of this book frustrating and long winded padding the book out.
A very difficult book to narrate and was achieved quite well . Clever twist in the plot at the end.

Long winded

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The plot of the book is excellent and kept me guessing right to the end. This is made so the note enjoyable by the incredible delivery of the narration.

Wonderful story, brilliantly narrated

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I wloved this story, I found it really satisfying, and actually quite exciting to listen to something that was the first of its kind. Really well written, entertaining, clever and charming, it is hard to believe it was written getting on for two hundred years ago. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and will definitely read or listen to more. (This particular version was also really well narrated). Thoroughly enjoyable 😁😁😁

Absolutely brilliant

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Very well written, would highly recommend this detective story which is full of twists which in turn keeps you in suspense.

The Leavenworth Case

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This was an interesting story with an unexpected twist at the end. The plotting was intricate and perhaps a little convoluted, however it was spoiled by a rather flat reading, though the narrator did differentiate between the characters. Overall I enjoyed it.

A different take on a Classic Detective story.

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