A review by mainebookworm22
The Leavenworth Case (Detective Club Crime Classics) by Anna K. Green

4.0

I have been wanting to read this book for a very long time as she is considered the mother of detective fiction. I really enjoyed this locked room mystery and the detective in charge of the case --Inspector Gryce. You can see where she inspired Doyle and Christie -- Raymond and Gryce are the precursors of Holmes and Watson and Poirot and Hastings. Also the way Gryce reviewed the whole case at the end of the book reminded me of Poirot gathering all the suspects together. Enjoyed this one very much and am going to try and hunt down some of her other works.