A husband’s untimely death is foretold by a newspaper clipping found in his young wife’s bedroom the day before his death. The wife enlists a detective to help solve the puzzle only to find the killer is much closer than she ever imagined.
Written by the first female writer of detective fiction in America, this short thriller in two parts showcases the remarkable mind of Anna Katharine Green. Green is widely considered the “mother of the detective novel” and was a contemporary influence on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie.
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Anna Katharine Green (1846–1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first detective fiction writers in America and distinguished her work by writing well-plotted, legally accurate stories. She has been called “the mother of the detective novel.”
Erin Grassie is a Bay Area voice actor who narrates and produces both solo and full-cast audiobooks. She prides herself on bringing the same authenticity and depth to characters in voice that authors do in their writing.