+ – Nation. 82: 390. My. 10, ’06. 110w. N. Y. Times. 11: 293. My. 5, ’06. 70w.
Green, Anna Katharine (Mrs. Charles Rohlfs). [Woman in the alcove.] †$1.50. Bobbs.
A mystery story which runs a rapid and exciting course to the inevitable solution opens upon a brilliant private ball. A gorgeously appareled woman with a diamond on her breast too vivid for most women is murdered in an alcove, and the gem hidden in the woman’s gloves is discovered later in the possession of innocent Rita Van Arsdale. Her lover is accused of the deed, and the interest of the story becomes identified with this determined young woman’s efforts to free him from the charge of guilt.
“It is one of the best of Anna Katharine Green’s detective novels and displays all the remarkable ingenuity that marks the best work of the famous author of ‘The Leavenworth case.’”
+ Arena. 36: 107. Jl. ’06. 190w. Critic. 49: 93. Jl. ’06. 80w.
“One does not look for character drawing or social analysis in such books, but it requires no small skill to write them as acceptably as does Mrs. Green, who pleases her large constituency well.”
+ Ind. 61: 338. Ag. 9, ’06. 130w.
“Anna Katharine Green’s hand has assuredly lost its cunning if ‘The woman in the alcove’ is to be accepted as the criterion of her present workmanship.”
– Lit. D. 32: 918. Ja. 16, ’06. 120w.