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The Sword of Damocles

by Anna Katharine GREEN (1864 - 1935)

A Discussion

Anna Katharine Green is best known as one of the first women detective writers, and The Sword of Damocles, first published in 1881, does indeed include several mysteries. There is a very brief appearance by her famous detective, Mr Gryce, but at the heart of the book, which is subtitled A Story of New York Life, are a number of very different love stories. (Summary by Mary Bard)

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Listen next episodes of The Sword of Damocles:
A Day at the Bank , A Hand Clasp , A Man's Justice and a Woman's Mercy , A Mysterious Summons , A Question , An Adventure - or Something More , Bluebeard's Chamber , Departure , Determination , From A. to Z , Full Tide , Grave and Gay , Half-past Seven , Hopgood , In Mr. Stuyvesant's Parlors , In the Night Watches , Jacqueline , Miss Belinda has a Question to Decide , Miss Belinda Makes Conditions , Miss Belinda Presents Mr. Sylvester with a Christmas Gift , Miss Stuyvesant , Mist in the Valley , Morning , Mrs. Sylvester , Paula , Paula Makes her Choice , Paula Relates a Story She has Heard , Searchings , Shadows of the Past , Sunshine on the Hills , The Barred Door , The Dregs in the Cup , The End of My Lady's Picture , The Falling of the Sword , "The Hour of Six is Sacred!" , The Japha Mansion , The Lone Watcher , The Man Cummins , The Opinion of a Certain Noted Detective , The Poem , The Rubicon , The Sword of Damocles , The Work of an Hour , Two Letters