One evening, New York society doyenne looks out her window and sees a man and woman entering the mansion opposite hers. Ten minutes later, only the man emerges. Soon, murder's afoot, and Miss Butterworth joins Detective Par Excellence Ebenezer Gryce in sleuthing out the killer! (Summary by Mark Leder)
Chapters
1 Book One: Miss Butterworth's Window. Chapter One: A Discovery 24 min 2 Chapter Two: Questions 16 min 3 Chapter Three: Amelia Discovers Herself 23 min 4 Chapter Four: Silas Van Burnam 8 min 5 Chapter Five: This Is No One I Know 18 min 6 Chapter Six: New Facts 7 min 7 Chapter Seven: Mr. Gryce Discovers Miss Amelia 26 min 8 Chapter Eight: The Misses Van Burnam 16 min 9 Chapter Nine: Developments 20 min 10 Chapter Ten: Important Evidence 18 min 11 Chapter Eleven: The Order Clerk 27 min 12 Chapter Twelve: The Keys 20 min 13 Chapter Thirteen: Howard Van Burnam 26 min 14 Chapter Fourteen: A Serious Admission 26 min 15 Chapter Fifteen: A Reluctant Witness 14 min 16 Book Two: The Windings of a Labyrith. Chapter Sixteen: Cogitations 13 min 17 Chapter Seventeen: Butterworth versus Gryce 11 min 18 Chapter Eighteen: The Little Pincushion 20 min 19 Chapter Nineteen: A Decided Step Forward 24 min 20 Chapter Twenty: Miss Butterworth's Theory 12 min 21 Chapter Twenty-one: A Shrewd Conjecture 16 min 22 Chapter Twenty-two: A Blank Card 21 min 23 Chapter Twenty-three: Ruth Oliver 26 min 24 Chapter Twenty-four: A House of Cards 21 min 25 Chapter Twenty-five: "The rings! Where are the rings?" 10 min 26 Chapter Twenty-six: A Tilt with Mr. Gryce 10 min 27 Chapter Twenty-seven: Found 10 min 28 Chapter Twenty-eight: Taken Aback 3 min 29 Book Three: The Girl in Grey. Chapter Twenty-nine: Amelia Becomes Peremptory 16 min 30 Chapter Thirty: The Matter as Stated by Mr. Gryce 25 min 31 Chapter Thirty-one: Some Fine Work 29 min 32 Chapter Thirty-two: Iconoclasm 18 min 33 Chapter Thirty-three: "Known, known, all known" 17 min 34 Chapter Thirty-four: Exactly Half Past Three 10 min 35 Chapter Thirty-five: A Ruse 9 min 36 Book Four: The End of a Great Mystery Chapter Thirty-six: The Result 8 min 37 Chapter Thirty-seven: "Two weeks!" 8 min 38 Chapter Thirty-eight: A White Satin Gown 12 min 39 Chapter Thirty-nine: The Watchful Eye 13 min 40 Chapter Forty: As the Clock Struck 7 min 41 Chapter Forty-one: Secret History 51 min 42 Chapter Forty-two: With Miss Butterworth's Compliments 10 min