The Circular Study

The Circular Study By Anna Katharine Green Anna Katharine Green is considered a pioneer in American detective fiction, known for her legally accurate plots and the invention of the "girl detective" trope. Classic detective novel The Circular Study features New York Police Detective Ebenezer Gryce, who is drawn out of a melancholic pre-retirement by a bizarre murder. Set in a New York brownstone, a man is found stabbed in a secured, unique, circular study, involving a mute servant, hidden metal barriers, and a mysterious woman. BOOK I. A STRANGE CRIME Red Light Mysteries The Mute Servitor A New Experience for Mr. Gryce Five Small Spangles Suggestions From an Old Friend Amos's Son In the Round of the Staircase High and Low Bride Roses Misery Thomas Explains Despair Memoranda BOOK II. REMEMBER EVELYN The Secret of the Cadwaladers The Oath Eva Felix Why the Iron Slide Remained Stationary Answered Last Words Public Domain (P)2026 Cate Barratt