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The House Next Door and Mystery Tales Reflections
A nostalgic reader recalls Anna Katherine Green and a childhood book, then critiques mystery fiction’s reliance on mansion settings and servant plots. He argues that detectives waste time interviewing house staff, nieces, and suspects, while sympathetic villains remain elusive, and muses about statues in a provocative art-book memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Katherine Green
Africa
V.V
Freestone McLemore
Bridget
Jervis