A Strange Disappearance
1880
Anna Katharine Green's 1880 detective novel, narrated by the assistant to Ebenezer Gryce of the New York police. A sewing-woman vanishes overnight from a wealthy Manhattan household, and her employer's reluctance to have her found is the first thing worth explaining.
- Chapter I A Novel Case
- Chapter II A Few Points
- Chapter III The Contents of a Bureau Drawer
- Chapter IV Thompson’s Story
- Chapter V A New York Belle
- Chapter VI A Bit of Calico
- Chapter VII The House at the Granby Cross Roads
- Chapter VIII A Word Overheard
- Chapter IX A Few Golden Hairs
- Chapter X The Secret of Mr. Blake’s Studio
- Chapter XI Luttra
- Chapter XII A Woman’s Love
- Chapter XIII A Man’s Heart
- Chapter XIV Mrs. Daniels
- Chapter XV A Confab
- Chapter XVI The Mark of the Red Cross
- Chapter XVII The Capture
- Chapter XVIII Love and Duty
- Chapter XIX Explanations
- Chapter XX The Bond That Unites