Anna Katharine Green
5 books
- Q, the young detective who tells this one, is good company, quick with a disguise and a little vain about it, and watching him worry at why a sewing girl vanished from a rich man's house is half the fun. Expect Victorian melodrama under the sleuthing, and enjoy it anyway.
- Amelia Butterworth is the fun here, a nosy, sharp-tongued spinster who invites herself into a crumbling country house where travelers keep vanishing on the road outside. It's creaky Victorian gothic with a phantom coach and everything, so come for atmosphere and her voice, not tight plotting.
- Miss Amelia Butterworth narrates this one, a nosy, tart-tongued spinster who spots a body in the empty house next door and decides Detective Gryce needs her help whether he wants it or not. If you like your Victorian mysteries with dry wit, she's great company.
- You’ll enjoy this if you like your mysteries formal, twisty, and a little creaky around the edges. A wealthy man is found murdered in his library, and Ebenezer Gryce works through the household’s secrets while young lawyer Everett Raymond narrates with appealing uncertainty.