Read the work of the woman who inspired Agatha Christie!... From the files of an unpopular police detective: "It had complications, this Jeffrey-Moore affair; greater ones than the public ever knew, keen as the interest in it ran both in and out of Washington. This is why I propose to tell the story of this great tragedy from my own standpoint." The New York Times' SATURDAY REVIEW OF BOOKS: If you have anything particular to do at a certain hour -- such as catching trains, -- and you still have a little while left on your hands, don't read "The Filigree Ball." If you do, you'll miss that train. Green was the first female writer of detective fiction. Green's many fans included such literary luminaries as Arthur Conan Doyle, Mary Roberts Rinehart, and Agatha Christie. In fact, both Rinehart and Christie claimed that it was Green which first inspired them to become writers. Her books were loved by Doyle, Rinehart, and Christie - and soon by you too!