180. Anna Katharine Green (The Leavenworth Case and That Affair Next Door)
In this bonus episode, Amy follows the clues to learn more about writer Anna Katharine Green (a.k.a "The Mother of the Detective Novel") whose late 19th-century mysteries inspired the likes of Agatha Christie and last week's "lost lady," Carolyn Wells. Green's 1878 debut novel The Leavenworth Case was an instant bestseller and features a sophisticated understanding of C.S.I and the legal system. Guest Rebecca Rego Barry helps weigh in on this pioneer of the detective-novel genre. You can listen to this week’s bonus episode by subscribing to our Patreon. We’ll have a new full-length episode available to everyone on February 27.
Also mentioned in this episode:
True Detective Season Four on Max
Lost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 179 on Carolyn Wells
Carolyn Wells’s Technique of the Mystery Story
Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple
Seeley Regiter’s The Dead Letter
Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s The Trail of the Serpent and Lady Audley’s Secret
Louisa May Alcott’s mystery novels
Possible discovery of Amelia Earhart’s missing plane wreckage
Lost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 76 on Lost Ladies of Aviation