- Leavenworth Case, The
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Anna Katharine Green was one of the first female mystery writers to publish under her own name. She was never very successful as an author, but the technical excellence of her books caused several law schools to use The Leavenworth Case as a textbook in some of their classes, as an example of how misleading circumstantial evidence can be.
- Chapters
- "A Great Case"
- The Coroner's Inquest
- Facts and Deductions
- A Clue
- Expert Testimony
- Side-Lights
- Mary Leavenworth
- Circumstantial Evidence
- A Discovery
- Mr. Gryce Receives New Impetus
- The Summons
- Eleanore
- The Problem
- Mr. Gryce At Home
- Ways Opening
- The Will of a Millionaire
- The Beginning of Great Surprises
- On the Stairs
- In My Office
- "Trueman! Trueman! Trueman!"
- A Prejudice
- Patch-Work
- The Story of a Charming Woman
- A Report Followed by Smoke
- Timothy Cook
- Mr. Gryce Explains Himself
- Amy Belden
- A Weird Experience
- The Missing Witness
- Burned Paper
- Q
- Mrs. Belden's Narrative
- Unexpected Testimony
- Mr. Gryce Resumes Control
- Fine Work
- Gathered Threads
- Culmination
- A Full Confession
- The Outcome of a Great Crime