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A review by congressbaby143
The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katharine Green
4.0
I listened to this on audiobook from Phoebe Reads A Mystery.
Ms Anna Katharine Green really got it right what a pick me! man is capable of when he feels he has lost. God, I’ve had so many experiences in life that will make me believe the reality and possibility of the motive of this book's murderer.
Because he couldn’t own her in one sense, he decides to own her in a different sense. I’m just so glad Mary was strong enough to actually reject it even if she’s been known to love her wealth more than anything.
Ms Green was also able to write such complex women with no identical flatness which some period mysteries struggle with. From Eleanore to Mary to Hannah to Phoebe, the women really suffered in this novel.
I understand how Ms Agatha Christie was inspired by this novel. It was narrated by a man also sometimes blindsided by his affections for the women involved and there’s another more competent detective. Really does sound like Poirot without all the flourishes.
Ms Anna Katharine Green really got it right what a pick me! man is capable of when he feels he has lost. God, I’ve had so many experiences in life that will make me believe the reality and possibility of the motive of this book's murderer.
Because he couldn’t own her in one sense, he decides to own her in a different sense. I’m just so glad Mary was strong enough to actually reject it even if she’s been known to love her wealth more than anything.
Ms Green was also able to write such complex women with no identical flatness which some period mysteries struggle with. From Eleanore to Mary to Hannah to Phoebe, the women really suffered in this novel.
I understand how Ms Agatha Christie was inspired by this novel. It was narrated by a man also sometimes blindsided by his affections for the women involved and there’s another more competent detective. Really does sound like Poirot without all the flourishes.