A Strange Disappearance: A vanished woman, a silent mansion, and a detective case wrapped in secrets.

When a young sewing woman named Emily vanishes from the house of Mr. Blake, a wealthy New York bachelor, the circumstances suggest something far more serious than an ordinary disappearance. Her room shows signs of disturbance, the window has been used as a means of escape, and traces of blood point to a mystery that may involve both violence and concealment.

Detective Q and the celebrated Mr. Gryce are drawn into a case filled with hidden identities, guarded emotions, social secrets, and a household where no one seems willing to tell the whole truth. As the investigation moves through old New York mansions, private rooms, and tangled personal histories, every clue raises a deeper question: who was Emily, and why did she disappear?

First published in 1880, A Strange Disappearance is an early American detective novel by Anna Katharine Green, one of the pioneering voices of mystery fiction.

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Lydbog: 23. maj 2026