The Chief Legatee
by Anna Katharine Green
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American author Anna Katharine Green is credited with being an enormously influential figure in the development of the detective, mystery and crime genre. One of her chief strengths is her accurate depictions of the complex machinery of the American legal system, which comes into play in this suspenseful novel dealing with a short-lived marriage and a contested inheritance..
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The Anna Katharine Green Mystery MEGAPACK ®: 35 Classic Mystery Novels and Stories by Anna Katharine Green
Anna Katherine Green - Mysteries Vol III - Millionaire Baby, Chief Legatee, & Woman in the Alcove by Anna Katherine Green
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- Original publication date
- 1906
- First words
- "What's up?"
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And when they and others came running at the call, it was to find Mr. Ransom and the lawyer hanging over the recumbent figure of the dead Hazen, and the deaf girl Anitra pointing at the group, with wild and inarticulate cries.
- Disambiguation notice
- Republished in 1909 as: A woman of mystery.
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- Languages
- English, Italian
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 14
- ASINs
- 5
