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Who suspects the young woman at a society gathering is there to solve a crime?
Violet Strange belongs among the guests at balls, dinners and country house gatherings. She also works in secret as a detective. In Anna Katharine Green’s nine linked mysteries, wealthy homes hide deaths, thefts and strange disappearances. A family’s good name may depend on what Violet notices.
The Golden Slipper, and Other Problems for Violet Strange pairs quick plots with carefully planted clues. The Senior, who heads the firm that supplies Violet’s cases, trusts her gifts but worries about the demands of her work. Behind each puzzle waits another question: why does a wealthy young woman choose such danger?
What you’ll discover
- A secret behind society manners Meet a young woman whose charm and sharp eye serve a hidden calling.
- Trouble in fine houses Enter wealthy households where a death, theft or disappearance puts family standing at risk.
- Clues worth watching Follow carefully planned puzzles that play fair while giving you reasons to keep guessing.
- A demanding partnership Watch The Senior balance faith in Violet’s abilities with concern over what he asks.
- The mystery of Violet Look beyond each case to the question of what draws her into dangerous work.
Who will love it
You will love it if you enjoy classic puzzle mysteries, clever young heroines, gaslit New York society, and tales where a sharp mind finds the one small clue everyone else missed.
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- A society girl works as a secret detective
- Look for the fact everyone has overlooked
- A dropped wallet can point to a witness
- Old guilt can hide inside a loving family
- A sleeping mind may hold what a waking one lost
- A cry for help can be stitched in thread
- Jealousy can wreck even a good man
- Put yourself in the place of the sleeper
- A secret purpose gives the work its meaning
Who’s who
- Violet StrangeA small, bright debutante who secretly solves puzzles for an agency, driven by a private cause she keeps from her employer.
- Arthur StrangeViolet's brother, who knows her secret, goes with her to dangerous places and takes a job to help her.
- Roger UpjohnA melancholy widower from a proud Massachusetts family, who asks Violet to ease a fear that is destroying him.
- Her employerThe unnamed head of the agency, who sends Violet to cases and knows how to tempt her.
- Alicia DriscollA dignified young woman under suspicion after mysterious thefts, whose father seeks help to clear her name.
- Mrs. QuintardA nervous sleepwalker who must find a lost will before a dying nephew's family loses its home.
- Dr. ZabriskieA handsome, blind physician who insists he shot his neighbor and begs to be punished.
- Florence DigbyA noble, steady bride-to-be who needs a missing formula found so that her wedding can go ahead.
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Le Soulier d'or et autres énigmes de Violet Strange
by Anna Katharine Green · 1915
A debutante in satin and pearls hunts thieves, killers and lost wills for a secret employer.
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Who would suspect the giddy girl in the opera box? Violet Strange, a wealthy debutante, secretly solves puzzles for a private agency, and a touch to the shoulder is the signal that calls her in.
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A society girl works as a secret detective
The book opens on Violet Strange, a small, lively debutante. Behind the dimples she works for an unnamed employer who sends her to cases where her place in society can help. A touch of the right hand to the left shoulder is the signal that lets a client ask for her help.
In the first problem, Mr. Driscoll meets her in an opera box. His daughter Alicia belongs to a group of five friends called the Inseparables, and wherever they go, valuables vanish and later come back. Gossip points at Alicia. Violet joins the house party on the Hudson and finds Alicia glowing with love for Captain Holliday, which makes her doubt the rumor.
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What is The Golden Slipper and Other Problems for Violet Strange about?
It collects nine detective stories about Violet Strange, a rich young New Yorker who secretly solves mysteries for an agency. Cases range from stolen jewels and a lost will to a murder, and the last tale explains why she works.
Who is Violet Strange?
She is a small, lively debutante, the daughter of the financier Peter Strange. In society she seems carefree, but she takes on private cases that need a young woman's access to high circles, and she keeps this work from her father.
Do you need to read the stories in order?
The detective cases have their own puzzles and solutions, so you can follow them on their own. Reading them in order lets you meet Roger Upjohn and learn Violet's private reason as it builds.
The author
Anna Katharine Green
1846–1935 · American detective novelist
Anna Katharine Green (1846–1935) was an American novelist born in Brooklyn, New York. She wrote detective fiction, including The Leavenworth Case, published in 1878, and That Affair Next Door, published in 1897. She married actor and furniture designer Charles Rohlfs in 1884. She lived in Buffalo, New York, where she died.
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