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The Sword of Damocles

by Anna Katharine GREEN (1864 - 1935)

Two Letters

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:
Bluebeard's Chamber , Determination , From A. to Z , Half-past Seven , In Mr. Stuyvesant's Parlors , Morning , Paula Makes her Choice , Paula Relates a Story She has Heard , The Falling of the Sword , "The Hour of Six is Sacred!" , The Man Cummins , The Opinion of a Certain Noted Detective , The Work of an Hour