Initials Only

Surrounded by witnesses in a public location, a young woman is murdered. But with nobody close enough to kill her and no discernible evidence of projectile use, her death becomes a perplexing mystery for detective Gryce to solve. The twelfth book in Green's detective series featuring Mr. Gryce, "Initials Only" is a riveting tale inexplicable homicide not to be missed by fans of classic detective fiction. Anna Katharine Green (1846-1935) was an American novelist and poet. Among the first writers of detective fiction in America, she is considered to be the "mother" of the genre for her legally-accurate and well-thought-out plots. Contents include: "As Seen by Two Strangers", "As Seen by Detective Sweetwater", "The Heart of Man". Other notable works by this author include: "The Leavenworth Case" (1878), "A Strange Disappearance" (1880), and "The Circular Study" (1900). Read & Co. Classics is proudly republishing this vintage detective novel now in a brand new edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.