""Behind Closed Doors"" is an 1888 detective novel written by American novelist Anna Katharine Green. The fifth book in Greens detective series featuring Mr. Gryce, ""Behind Closed Doors"" is a riveting tale of mystery and intrigue not to be missed by fans of classic detective fiction and collectors of Greens sensational work. Anna Katharine Green (1846-1935) was an American novelist and poet. Among the first writers of detective fiction in America, she is considered to be the ""mother"" of the genre for her legally-accurate and well-thought-out plots. Other notable works by this author include: ""The Leavenworth Case"" (1878), ""A Strange Disappearance"" (1880), and ""The Circular Study"" (1900). Read & Co. Classics is proudly republishing this vintage detective novel now in a brand new edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.