{"product_id":"that-affair-next-door-9781464212956","title":"That Affair Next Door","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This inaugural volume in the Library of Congress Crime Classics series, featuring the first woman sleuth in a series, is a must for genre buffs.\"--\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e (Starred Review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the \"mother of detective novel\" and the first book unearthed in exclusive partnership with the Library of Congress, \u003cem\u003eThat Affair Next Door\u003c\/em\u003e follows Miss Amelia Butterworth, an inquisitive single woman in the Victorian Era who becomes involved in a murder investigation after the woman next door turns up dead.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeralded as a perfect vintage murder mystery, \u003cem\u003eThat Affair Next Door\u003c\/em\u003e is: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor fans of historical crime mysteries and crime classics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor readers of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple series\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor fans of trailblazing women on and off the page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiss Amelia Butterworth prides herself on being an observer of human nature, especially of the people she sees every day from her usual spot at her front window--that is, until she witnesses the prelude to a ghastly murder. Late at night, two people enter her neighbor's home, but only one leaves. The next morning a young woman is found dead, crushed beyond recognition beneath a cabinet. But her death was no accident--it soon comes to light that she was stabbed by a seemingly innocuous item: a hat pin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRife with social tension and mistaken identity, the messy case is assigned to veteran Detective Ebenezer Gryce. He expects Miss Butterworth to demurely return home, but she was there at the beginning of this case and she intends to see it through to the end. Miss Butterworth is determined to solve the mystery before the detective, but what begins as a battle of the sexes soon turns into a fight for the ever-elusive truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnna Katharine Green is credited as the \"mother of the detective novel,\" and the classic \u003cem\u003eThat Affair Next Door\u003c\/em\u003e proves that the intrigue of a well-crafted mystery is timeless.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreen, Anna Katharine:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eANNA KATHARINE GREEN (1846-1935) was an American writer of detective fiction known as the mother of the mystery novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKlinger, Leslie S.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eLESLIE S. KLINGER is the two-time Edgar(R) winning editor of New Annotated Sherlock Holmes and Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s. He has also edited two anthologies of classic mysteries and, with Laurie R. King, five anthologies of stories inspired by the Sherlock Holmes Canon. Klinger is the series editor of Library of Congress Crime Classics, a partnership of the Library of Congress and Poisoned Pen Press\/Sourcebooks. He is a former Chapter President of the SoCal Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America and lives in Malibu, California.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Poisoned Pen Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50493457498386,"sku":"9781464212956","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f689340d-e342-4fee-bac4-18e94d17d436.jpg?v=1773149314","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/that-affair-next-door-9781464212956","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}