The Circular Study (Annotated)

Download or read book The Circular Study (Annotated) written by Anna Katharine Green and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-09-05 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this well-plotted, character-driven mystery, Detective Gryce receives a cryptic message calling him to the scene of a "strange" crime. He soon finds that the adjective is correct, for in a quiet brownstone house in a respectable New York City neighborhood, he finds the body of a man brutally stabbed to death, yet lovingly laid out on the floor of his study. The only apparent witnesses are a deaf and dumb butler driven mad by the event, and a caged bird that sings out a vital but puzzling clue. Before he solves the crime, with the help of the redoubtable Miss Amelia Butterworth, Gryce must uncover a motive that spans generations and the passions that have kept it alive.