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A Difficult Problem 1900

A Difficult Problem 1900

Katharine Green, Anna

Paperback

Mystery & Thriller

ISBN10: 9354945139
ISBN13: 9789354945137
Publisher: Alpha Ed
Published: Aug 5 2021
Pages: 26
Weight: 0.12
Height: 0.06 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A difficult problem, a city's quietest secrets, and a detective mind that refuses to surrender. Anna Katharine Green's classic unfolds as a meticulous study in deduction, where a seemingly ordinary case erupts into a layered moral dilemma. The novel blends the suspense of victorian detective fiction with a careful public domain mystery framework, tracing a historical crime from the streets of turn of the century america to the drawing rooms of gilded age america. It rewards readers with sharp crime investigation tactics, subtle clues, and a suspenseful, ethically charged investigation that lingers long after the final page. This edition by Alpha Editions restores Green's warmly forensic prose for today's and future generations, inviting both casual readers and classic-literature collectors to savour a work that influenced readers and writers in the Edgar Allan Poe tradition and under the Arthur Conan Doyle influence umbrella. Its value lies not only in plot but in vivid societal class commentary, inviting literary analysis students and curious minds to explore motive, method, and consequence. Out of print for decades, this republication marks a renewal of a landmark work in the canon of historical crime novels. More than a reprint, it is a collector's item and a cultural treasure, crafted to endure as a reference point for lovers of turn of the century america and those who relish the craft of a carefully reasoned mystery.

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