The Leavenworth Case (1878), subtitled A Lawyer's Story, is an American detective novel and the first novel by Anna Katharine Green. Set in New York City, it concerns the murder of a retired merchant, Horatio Leavenworth, in his New York mansion. The popular novel introduced the detective Ebenezer Gryce, and was influential in the development of the detective novel. In her autobiography, Agatha Christie cited it as an influence on her own fiction.

Media	Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released	June 25, 2016
ISBN13	9781534907737
Publishers	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Pages	386
Dimensions	152 × 229 × 20 mm · 512 g
Language	English

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