Millionaire Baby

The venerable old mystery "The Millionaire Baby" by Anna Katharine Green is about the kidnapping of a wealthy man's grandchild. In order to earn the $50,000 reward, the story follows detective Ebenezer Gryce as he investigates the case and tries to find the stolen child. The author, a pioneering female writer in the detective genre, uses many of the components that would later become typical in my...