The Filigree Ball

An Account of the Solution of the Mystery Concerning the Jeffrey-Moore Affair

More Anna Katharine Green!

Newly married Mrs. Jeffrey is found in the library of the old family mansion dead with a pistol tied to her wrist, and everyone is suspect. The library in the family mansion has a reputation for harboring dead men, and no one knows how or why this is so.

First published in 1903, Green delivers a well-written mystery again. Who is innocent and who is not?

Public Domain (P)2022 Susan Iannucci

Old-fashioned author always uses James Bond techniques

Anna Catherine Green, a famous author in the 19th century, is very much underrated as a mystery writer and describer of her own times. I always enjoy her old-fashioned plots and scenes, and there is always some quirky peak into the future of gimmicks that solved the mystery.

Slow start but like the boa, it will suck you in

You will enjoy the plot and the puzzle. She leads you along gently and expertly wind ing around corners to endless surprises. You will want to listen again for all the delicious little details