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百万富翁莱文沃斯先生在自己的图书室中离奇身亡：图书室的门由内反锁，室内没有搏斗的迹象，甚至整座宅子的门窗都是锁好的。唯有女仆汉娜不知所踪。各种线索却将嫌疑指向了莱文沃斯先生二位侄女之一。雷蒙德和侦探葛莱斯展开了调查，竟发现两位小姐皆有所隐瞒，案件似乎另有隐情。汉娜为何要离开宅子，又去往了哪里？她是否知道宅中发生的一切？找到她是否就能真相大白？
阿加莎·克里斯蒂的前辈！柯南·道尔、范达因、埃勒里·奎因等推理大家，无不深受其影响！充盈着浪漫主义色彩的文笔，富有舞台剧张力的对话与画面！本作中的许多桥段和元素启发了后来众多侦探小说，逐渐成为该类型小说的标志。
安娜·凯瑟琳·格林（Anna Katharine Green，1846―1935），美国诗人和小说家，美国侦探小说开创者之一，以擅于写情节紧凑、滴水不漏的故事而著称。格林也常被称为“侦探小说之母”。记者凯西·希克曼（Kathy Hickman）评价说，格林“为模糊的小说流派贴上了鲜明的标签，而这影响了从阿加莎·克里斯蒂、柯南·道尔到当代专写悬疑侦探小说的作家”。
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The millionaire Mr. Leavenworth mysteriously died in his library: the library door was locked from the inside, there was no sign of a struggle, and even the doors and Windows of the entire house were locked. Only Hannah, the maid, is missing. Various clues point to one of Mr. Leavenworth's two nieces. Raymond and detective Grace investigate, but discover that both girls are hiding something, and there seems to be something else going on in the case. Why did Hannah leave the house and where did she go? Does she know what's going on in the house? Will finding her be the answer?
Agatha Christie's predecessor! Conan Doyle, Van Dyne, Ellery Quinn and other reasoning people, are deeply influenced by it! Full of romantic writing, full of stage drama tension dialogue and picture! Many of the passages and elements in this novel inspired many later detective novels and gradually became the hallmark of the genre.
Anna Katharine Green (1846-1935) was an American poet and novelist, and one of the pioneers of the American detective novel, known for her ability to write tight, well-told stories. Greene is often called the "mother of detective fiction." Journalist Kathy Hickman commented that Green "put a bright label on an obscure genre of fiction that has influenced everyone from Agatha Christie and Conan Doyle to contemporary writers who specialise in suspense and detective fiction".
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