It’s a momentous episode in the history of The Gibson Girl Review, as Amy and Katja make a big announcement about the future of the show. Plus our “Month of Mystery!” continues with an all-new review of the very first book by the Mother of Mystery herself, Anna Katharine Green’s 1878 debut novel, The Leavenworth Case. A truly Victorian murder mystery in every sense of the word, this Gilded Age classic is a perfect example of why old books still deserve to be read.
Topics and shout-outs in this episode include: the Gilded Age, Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple, murder mysteries, detective novels, police procedurals, ballistics, marriage laws, Julian Fellowes, Downton Abbey, and New York society.
