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On a night when darkness clung heavily to the world and an unsettling mist wrapped around every hill and valley, I found myself yearning for adventure. As a young and carefree wayfarer, I was driven by an insatiable desire to explore the unknown and seek my fortune. So when I spotted a flickering light piercing through the fog to my right, I felt compelled to follow it, hoping it would provide the shelter I so desperately needed. Little did I know that refuge is not always a safe haven, and this choice would lead me down a path filled with unexpected twists. But who can resist the allure of ...

In the course of an investigation into a counterfeiting ring, a detective is lured into a mysterious assignment in a secluded mansion where he suspects an act of criminal conspiracy is planned to take place. Conspiracy there may be, but will events play out as the detective expects?

Five stories to thrill and mystify you. Was there a murder in Room Number 3, or is it only the delusion of a crazy woman? The cold hand of vengeance reaches far beyond the grave when a road weary traveler stumbles into a life-changing and potentially deadly dinner dinner part at "The House in the Mist". Held captive by a highwayman, a timid young wife must use her wits to survive, but in "Midnight on Beauchamp Row", not even the highwayman could have expected the intruder who would prove far more deadly.

Voices of Today presents two stories by Anna Katharine Green, the great American mystery writer who published before Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie. In "To the Minute", a man returns to his native village after many years absence, after being advised of the death of his misanthropic grandfather. Will the dead miser's decaying mansion contain the secret to his lost wealth? In "Scarlet and Black", a man returns home to find mysterious foreigners playing cards in his house and cannot rest until he finds out the reason for this unexpected visitation and what the stakes are.

A dead woman is discovered in the parlor of an empty luxury home in New York's famed Gramercy Park. Thus opens Anna Katharine Green's popular detective novel That Affair Next Door.

In the pretty little town of Sibley, NY, the court has adjourned for lunch, and Judge Evans and some of the leading lawyers of the district stand outside the courthouse discussing the limitations of the criminal classes. A stranger describes to them just how a man might commit a murder and avoid detection - and only minutes later, the widow Clemmens is discovered struck down in her parlor by an unknown hand in circumstances eerily similar to those described by the stranger.

Credited by many as the mother of the detective novel, Anna Katharine Green published her first mystery novel - The Leavenworth Case - in 1878, almost a decade before Sherlock Holmes made his appearance. Green's intrepid Ebenezer Gryce, a seasoned New York detective, takes up the case of a brutally murdered millionaire philanthropist. One of the murdered man's two nieces is set to inherit an immense fortune, and she and her cousin are high on the suspect list.

Edwin Urquhart, loved by two sisters, chooses to marry the elder. Arriving at the Forsaken Inn for their honeymoon, they occupy an apartment containing a secret chamber. That night, the young bride is murdered and buried in this secret room. Did her new husband commit the crime - or is something much more sinister afoot?

Phil Ocumpaugh is desperate. His six-year-old daughter, Gwendolen, mysteriously disappeared from their New York home on the afternoon of August 16th. A hefty reward of five thousand dollars awaits anyone who can provide information leading to her recovery, alive or dead. Will you be the one to unravel this chilling mystery?

Explore the intriguing world of detective fiction with Anna Katharine Green, one of Americas pioneering authors in the genre. Known for her well-crafted plots and legally accurate narratives, undoubtedly influenced by her lawyer father, Greens work is a testament to her remarkable talent.

In a shockingly chilling event, Widow Clemmens is brutally struck down in her parlor while the towns lawyers casually converse outside the courthouse nearby. The mystery deepens as two potential suspects emerge, both with equally convincing alibis. But where does the enigmatic Miss Imogene Dare fit into this puzzling conundrum? This classic Green mystery is particularly celebrated for its captivating courtroom scenes in the latter half of the book, providing listeners with a riveting tale of intrigue and suspense. (Summary by Richard Kilmer)

The Moore House, a relic from the time when Washington was a mere village, stands as a testament to the grandeur and elegance of colonial times. Yet, it is marred by a haunting past that has left families fleeing from its confines, unable to find peace or rest within its walls. The house harbors a chilling secret the sudden and unexplained deaths that have repeatedly occurred therein, each echoing a disturbing pattern. A lifeless man, sprawled on its infamous hearthstone, is a sight that has been witnessed not just once, but multiple times. Its a house where darkness slowly creeps into the ...

In this well-plotted, character-driven mystery, Detective Gryce receives a cryptic message calling him to the scene of a “strange” crime. He soon finds that the adjective is correct, for in a quiet brownstone house in a respectable New York City neighborhood, he finds the body of a man brutally stabbed to death, yet lovingly laid out on the floor of his study. The only apparent witnesses are a deaf and dumb butler driven mad by the event, and a caged bird that sings out a vital but puzzling clue. Before he solves the crime, with the help of the redoubtable Miss Amelia Butterworth, Gryce ...

On the evening of July 13, 1863, two men, Samuel White from Washington and Lemuel Phillips from Buffalo, each received a mysterious letter marked 'personal', which he destroyed after reading. The letters are a summons to visit New York to attend to some unknown business. The two men, now living lives of privilege and respectability, are linked by a nefarious deed committed twelve years earlier when they were prospectors struggling to survive. Has the moment arrived when the heavy hand of retribution will finally fall upon them?