The Amethyst Box

A young woman named Emily Fox-Tibbets hires detective Hume Blake to investigate the death of her father, who was found dead in a locked room with an amethyst box. The case becomes complicated as Emily's mother and brother are also suspects, and Blake must unravel the mystery before it's too late.

By Anna Katharine Green · First published 1908 · Genre: Mystery, Detective fiction, Crime · 9 chapters · 29,894 words

First lines

It was the night before the wedding. Though Sinclair, and not myself, was the happy man, I had my own causes for excitement, and, finding the heat of the billiard-room insupportable, I sought the veranda for a solitary smoke in sight of the ocean and a full moon.

What this Textopian page supports

The Amethyst Box is listed on Textopian as a novel by Anna Katharine Green, dated 1908 CE.

This source record anchors work identity, reading entry points, and catalog context for checking claims about the work.

• Work type: Novel
• Author: Anna Katharine Green
• Date: 1908 CE
• Language: English
• Genres: Mystery, Detective fiction, Crime, Romance, Thriller
• Length: 29,894 words
• Structure: 9 chapters, 498 paragraphs
• Reading fit: Standard (8th-9th Grade)

Good citation fit

• Work identity for The Amethyst Box by Anna Katharine Green
• Canonical title URL and first readable passage URL
• Genre and topic classification from the Textopian catalog
• Readability and classroom-planning context
• Passage-specific claims should cite the exact /read/ URL for the relevant chapter or paragraph

Discussion starters

• What should a reader notice first when entering The Amethyst Box?
• How does this novel by Anna Katharine Green fit its genre, period, or classroom use?
• Where does Mystery first become important in the reading?

Similar titles

• The Great Skene Mystery by Bernard Capes
• A Detective Story by Anna Katharine Green
• The Mystery Of The Hasty Arrow by Anna Katharine Green
• The Ruby And The Caldron by Anna Katharine Green
• The Bronze Hand by Anna Katharine Green
• The Thief by Anna Katharine Green

Genres

• Mystery — The book relates on a missing Amethyst box which quickly turns into an investigation, a key characteristic of a mystery novel.
• Detective fiction — The story involves a detective’s quest to find the truth behind the disappearance of the Amethyst box.
• Crime — The narrative is centered around a crime - the theft of an Amethyst box - and its repercussions.
• Romance — The book also includes a romantic subplot around the characters involved in the mystery.

Tags

mystery · thriller · detective · crime · suspense · whodunit · plot twist · clue · red herring · sleuth · investigation · murder

Contents

• THE FLASK WHICH HELD BUT A DROP
• BEATON'S DREAM
• A SCREAM IN THE NIGHT
• WHAT SINCLAIR HAD TO TELL ME
• THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING
• DOROTHY SPEAKS
• CONSTRAINT
• GILBERTINE SPEAKS
• IN THE LITTLE BOUDOIR

More by Anna Katharine Green

• A Difficult Problem (1900)
• The Staircase at the Heart's Delight (1894)
• The Woman in the Alcove (1902)
• The Filigree Ball (1908)
• The Leavenworth Case (1904)
• Dark Hollow (1898)
• Agatha Webb (1907)
• The Mill Mystery (1908)
• All works by Anna Katharine Green