Anna Katharine Green is best known as one of the first women detective writers, and The Sword of Damocles, first published in 1881, does indeed include several mysteries. There is a very brief appearance by her famous detective, Mr Gryce, but at the heart of the book, which is subtitled A Story of New York Life, are a number of very different love stories. (Summary by Mary Bard)
Chapters
1 A Wanderer 4 min 2 A Discussion 13 min 3 A Mysterious Summons 23 min 4 Searchings 24 min 5 The Rubicon 27 min 6 A Hand Clasp 5 min 7 Mrs. Sylvester 17 min 8 Shadows of the Past 17 min 9 Paula 29 min 10 The Barred Door 16 min 11 Miss Stuyvesant 23 min 12 Miss Belinda Makes Conditions 24 min 13 The End of My Lady's Picture 29 min 14 Miss Belinda has a Question to Decide 35 min 15 An Adventure - or Something More 20 min 16 The Sword of Damocles 29 min 17 Grave and Gay 27 min 18 In the Night Watches 8 min 19 A Day at the Bank 15 min 20 The Dregs in the Cup 20 min 21 Departure 21 min 22 Hopgood 24 min 23 The Poem 23 min 24 The Japha Mansion 24 min 25 Jacqueline 26 min 26 A Man's Justice and a Woman's Mercy 32 min 27 The Lone Watcher 14 min 28 Sunshine on the Hills 29 min 29 Mist in the Valley 5 min 30 Miss Belinda Presents Mr. Sylvester with a Christmas Gift 20 min 31 A Question 13 min 32 Full Tide 31 min 33 Two Letters 24 min 34 Paula Makes her Choice 24 min 35 The Falling of the Sword 36 min 36 Morning 12 min 37 The Opinion of a Certain Noted Detective 41 min 38 Bluebeard's Chamber 10 min 39 From A. to Z 1 h 4 min 40 Half-past Seven 4 min 41 The Work of an Hour 38 min 42 Paula Relates a Story She has Heard 13 min 43 Determination 8 min 44 In Mr. Stuyvesant's Parlors 22 min 45 The Hour of Six is Sacred! 18 min 46 The Man Cummins 19 min
