Leavenworth Case

The Leavenworth Case, published in 1878, was the first detective novel written by a woman and one of the first modern bestsellers. It sold a quarter of a million copies, and earned its author, Anna Katherine Green, the title of "The Mother of the Detective Novel". This first book starred Detective Ebenezer Gryce, a low key, middle-aged New York police officer. He went on to appear in many other of Green's books, along with a series of other friends, many of whom starred in books of their own.Green, Anna Katharine is the author of 'Leavenworth Case', published 2002 under ISBN 9781404314153 and ISBN 1404314156.