Lost Man's Lane

by Anna Katharine Green

41 chapters10h 48mEnglish1898

About this book

After several people apparently vanish into thin air while walking along the same country road, New York detective Mr Gryce calls on the skills of Miss Amelia Butterworth to help him solve this most puzzling crime. The author of Lost Man’s Lane, Anna Katharine Green, has been described as the first female American writer of detective stories. (summary by Mary Bard)

Chapters (41)

1A visit from Mr. Gryce

421

2I am tempted

1455

3I succumb

1467

4A ghostly interior

704

5A strange household

800

6A sombre evening

498

7The first night

813

8On the stairs

451

9A new acquaintance

995

10Secret instructions

709

11Men, women, and ghosts

1319

12The phantom coach

1100

13Gossip

607

14I forget my age, or, rather, remember it

1316

15Lucetta fulfils my expectation of her

638

16Loreen

1014

17The flower parlor

1257

18The second night

1392

19A knot of crape

731

20Questions

535

21Mother Jane

722

22The third night

1241

23Room 3, Hotel Carter

1192

24The enigma of numbers

1216

25Trifles, but not trifling

514

26A point gained

772

27The text witnesseth

377

28An intrusion

491

29In the cellar

588

30Investigation

428

31Strategy

1198

32Relief

467

33Lucetta

2107

34Conditions

265

35The dove

759

36An hour of startling experiences

2392

37I astonish Mr. Gryce and he astonishes me

535

38A few words

346

39Under a crimson sky

1553

40Explanations

966

41Epilogue

2563

Lost Man's Lane

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