Lost Man’’s Lane, a Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth

New York detective Mr. Gryce employs the aid of Miss Amelia Butterworth to unravel the mystery of multiple disappearances on a particular stretch of country road. The ninth book in Green’s detective series featuring Mr. Gryce and the second featuring Miss. Butterworth, ＂Lost Man’s Lane＂ is a riveting murder mystery 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. 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.