Project Gutenberg 2003-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 104 Green, Anna Katharine 1846 1935 Rohlfs, Mrs. Charles Rohlfs, Anna Katharine Green The Mayor's Wife Produced by An Anonymous Volunteer, and David Widger "The Mayor's Wife" by Anna Katharine Green is a mystery novel written during the late 19th century. The story revolves around Miss Saunders, a young woman seeking employment who becomes embroiled in the troubled domestic life of Mrs. Olympia Packard, the wife of the city's mayor, Henry Packard. As she takes on the role of a companion to Mrs. Packard, she is drawn into a web of secrecy and emotional turmoil, which she is determined to unravel. The opening of the book introduces Miss Saunders as she is selected for a discreet position by Miss Davies, a gatekeeper to opportunities. Soon, she meets Mayor Packard, who reveals that his wife is deeply unhappy without any known cause. This sets the stage for a mysterious investigation into Mrs. Packard's state as Miss Saunders accepts the role of companion, determined to uncover the root of the distress while balancing the intimate complexities of her new environment. As Miss Saunders settles into her new life, she encounters strange phenomena, peculiar neighbors, and a world that is both enchanting and eerie, all while navigating the hidden layers of her charge's melancholy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Detective and mystery stories PS Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 463961 463962 2024-10-02T13:57:57.437519 2023-10-02T11:42:09.371847 text/html text/html 479236 2021-01-27T05:40:22 text/html; charset=utf-8 160034 2021-01-27T05:40:22 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 235276 2024-10-02T13:58:05.900469 application/epub+zip 244617 2024-10-02T13:58:00.536511 application/epub+zip 232438 2024-10-02T13:57:59.282550 application/epub+zip 439086 2024-10-02T13:58:10.049456 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 409248 2024-10-02T13:58:05.091482 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 384442 2022-09-03T04:13:20.041039 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 395645 395610 2024-10-02T13:57:56.572529 2023-10-02T11:42:08.658801 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 400735 2016-10-03T04:52:36 text/plain; charset=utf-8 152512 2016-10-03T04:56:10 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 395442 2010-01-11T15:40:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 151867 2010-01-11T15:41:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21329 2024-10-02T13:58:10.177456 application/rdf+xml 13654 2024-10-02T13:57:59.821531 image/jpeg 3486 2024-10-02T13:57:59.551522 image/jpeg 229123 2024-10-02T13:57:57.475628 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia