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    The Golden Slipper and Other Problems for Violet Strange
    The Castlecourt Diamond Case
    Audiobook series2 titles

    Women of Mystery Series

    Written by Anna Katharine Green and Geraldine Bonner

    Narrated by Aimee Lilly

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    About this series

    One of Author Anna Katharine Green's innovations was the idea of the “girl detective,” in the person of
    Violet Strange. Violet was a 17-year-old high-society debutante who led a double
    life as a sleuth, working for an unnamed detective agency to discreetly ferret out
    solutions to mysteries that could not be trusted to the police. The short stories in
    this collection give us a glimpse into New York society, filled with musicales and
    teas and ballgowns, but neither the tales nor Violet are light-hearted and fluffy.
    Happy endings aren’t guaranteed, and we’re often left with a sense of
    melancholy. Some of the stories are even a bit macabre. But over a century later,
    the well-plotted, legally-accurate yarns still satisfy one’s desire for solid
    resolutions to seemingly insoluble mysteries.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOasis Audio
    Release dateNov 8, 2022
    The Golden Slipper and Other Problems for Violet Strange
    The Castlecourt Diamond Case

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      The Castlecourt Diamond Case
      The Castlecourt Diamond Case

      The Castlecourt Diamond Case

      Geraldine Bonner
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      “The Castlecourt Diamond Case” is a lighthearted novella that becomes almost a comedy of manners, a glimpse into early 20th century high society. Its subtitle is “BEING A COMPILATION OF THE STATEMENTS MADE BY THE VARIOUS PARTICIPANTS IN THIS CURIOUS CASE NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME, GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC.” The story’s structure is simple: Six of the story’s characters give their statements about the theft of the diamonds, and in each statement a few more facts are revealed. See if you can figure out the truth before the Marchioness tells all at the end!

      “The Castlecourt Diamond Case” is a lighthearted novella that becomes almost a comedy of manners, a glimpse into early 20th century high society. Its subtitle is “BEING A COMPILATION OF THE STATEMENTS MADE BY THE VARIOUS PARTICIPANTS IN THIS CURIOUS CASE NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME, GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC.” The story’s structure is simple: Six of the story’s characters give their statements about the theft of the diamonds, and in each statement a few more facts are revealed. See if you can figure out the truth before the Marchioness tells all at the end!

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      The Golden Slipper and Other Problems for Violet Strange
      The Golden Slipper and Other Problems for Violet Strange

      The Golden Slipper and Other Problems for Violet Strange

      Anna Katharine Green
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      One of Author Anna Katharine Green's innovations was the idea of the “girl detective,” in the person of Violet Strange. Violet was a 17-year-old high-society debutante who led a double life as a sleuth, working for an unnamed detective agency to discreetly ferret out solutions to mysteries that could not be trusted to the police. The short stories in this collection give us a glimpse into New York society, filled with musicales and teas and ballgowns, but neither the tales nor Violet are light-hearted and fluffy. Happy endings aren’t guaranteed, and we’re often left with a sense of melancholy. Some of the stories are even a bit macabre. But over a century later, the well-plotted, legally-accurate yarns still satisfy one’s desire for solid resolutions to seemingly insoluble mysteries.

      One of Author Anna Katharine Green's innovations was the idea of the “girl detective,” in the person of Violet Strange. Violet was a 17-year-old high-society debutante who led a double life as a sleuth, working for an unnamed detective agency to discreetly ferret out solutions to mysteries that could not be trusted to the police. The short stories in this collection give us a glimpse into New York society, filled with musicales and teas and ballgowns, but neither the tales nor Violet are light-hearted and fluffy. Happy endings aren’t guaranteed, and we’re often left with a sense of melancholy. Some of the stories are even a bit macabre. But over a century later, the well-plotted, legally-accurate yarns still satisfy one’s desire for solid resolutions to seemingly insoluble mysteries.

    Author

    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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