The Bronze Hand: 1897

By Anna Katharine Green

"The Bronze Hand" is a mystery novel set in Boston, in the time of Abraham Lincoln's presidency. A man is drawn to a beautiful woman in distress. Her body language reveals to him her deep anxiety. When he enquires about it, she tells him that she has just been robbed of her most valuable possession, a steel ring that she normally wears. But her story turns strange when she requests him to visit a certain office and locate a locked box with a bronze hand inside it. She tells him that her ring must not be placed on the middle finger of the bronze hand under any circumstances whatsoever…

• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: Dec 10, 2019
• ISBN: 4064066225001

Anna Katharine Green

Anna Katharine Green (1846–1935) was an American writer and prominent figure in the detective genre. Born in New York City, Green developed an affinity for literature at an early age. She studied at Ripley Female College in Vermont and was mentored by poet, Ralph Waldo Emerson. One of Green’s best-known works is The Leavenworth Case, which was published in 1878. It was a critical and commercial success that made her one of the leading voices in literature. Over the course of her career, Green would go on to write nearly 40 books.

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