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    The Staircase at the Heart's Delight
    The Staircase at the Heart's Delight
    The Staircase at the Heart's Delight
    Audiobook55 minutes

    The Staircase at the Heart's Delight

    Written by Anna Katharine Green

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    About this audiobook

    Detective Ebenezer Gryce tells the story of the case with which he begun his career in 1840. Several wealthy men were drowned and washed ashore in New York City, and the first clue leads to a dubious money lender... (Summary by Carolin)
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
    The Staircase at the Heart's Delight
    Author

    Anna Katharine Green

    Anna Katharine Green (1846–1935) was an American writer and one of the first authors of detective fiction in the United States. Her book The Leavenworth Case, published in 1878, became a wildly successful bestseller. Green went on to write dozens of mysteries and detective novels. She died in Buffalo, New York. 

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