Room Number 3, and Other Detective Stories

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Room Number 3, and Other Detective Stories is a book by Anna Katharine Green. The contents list names stories called Room Number 3, Midnight in Beauchamp Row, The Ruby and the Caldron, The Little Steel Coils and The Amethyst Box, among others. The story Room Number 3 includes a question about a door, "why do you pass that one by?", and the landlord's answer that it is only Number 3, a mere closet.

In a dispute, Miss Demarest insists that her mother was with her, while a motherly-looking woman says the young lady came alone and went to her room unattended by any one but herself. A section headed Beaton's Dream says Mrs. Armstrong, the hostess, was fond of gaiety, and that amusements were never lacking. The text says Mr. Anthony Westonhaugh left behind him a letter and that the time has come for reading it.

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Anna Katharine Green

Anna Katharine Green (1846-1935) was an American novelist often called the mother of detective fiction. Her bestselling debut, The Leavenworth Case, brought realism and legal detail to the genre, and over a long career she created recurring sleuths who influenced writers from Conan Doyle to Agatha Christie.