The Leavenworth Case
- Reading level
- Plain English
- Price
- Free
About the book
"The Leavenworth Case" by Anna Katharine Green is a detective novel published in 1878. When wealthy merchant Horatio Leavenworth is found shot dead in his Manhattan mansion's library, detective Ebenezer Gryce and lawyer Everett Raymond investigate a locked-room mystery. No one could have escaped before the body was discovered. Leavenworth's two orphaned nieces, a maid, and a mysterious gentleman all become suspects in this groundbreaking American detective story that influenced Agatha Christie and helped establish conventions still used in mystery fiction today.
- Detective and mystery stories
- Lawyers
- Inheritance and succession
- Sisters
- Murder
- Police
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #4047. The Leavenworth Case on Wikipedia.
