Skip to main content.

That Affair Next Door (Version 2)

One evening, New York society doyenne looks out her window and sees a man and woman entering the mansion opposite hers. Ten minutes later, only the man emerges. Soon, murder's afoot, and Miss Butterworth joins Detective Par Excellence Ebenezer Gryce in sleuthing out the killer! (Summary by Mark Leder) (11 hr 55 min)

Chapters

Book One: Miss Butterworth's Window. Chapter One: A Discovery

23:51

Chapter Two: Questions

16:21

Chapter Three: Amelia Discovers Herself

23:16

Chapter Four: Silas Van Burnam

7:31

Chapter Five: This Is No One I Know

17:37

Chapter Six: New Facts

6:53

Chapter Seven: Mr. Gryce Discovers Miss Amelia

26:19

Chapter Eight: The Misses Van Burnam

16:23

Chapter Nine: Developments

19:31

Chapter Ten: Important Evidence

18:19

Chapter Eleven: The Order Clerk

27:04

Chapter Twelve: The Keys

19:47

Chapter Thirteen: Howard Van Burnam

25:38

Chapter Fourteen: A Serious Admission

26:13

Chapter Fifteen: A Reluctant Witness

13:31

Book Two: The Windings of a Labyrith. Chapter Sixteen: Cogitations

12:44

Chapter Seventeen: Butterworth versus Gryce

10:40

Chapter Eighteen: The Little Pincushion

19:55

Chapter Nineteen: A Decided Step Forward

23:30

Chapter Twenty: Miss Butterworth's Theory

11:57

Chapter Twenty-one: A Shrewd Conjecture

16:16

Chapter Twenty-two: A Blank Card

21:16

Chapter Twenty-three: Ruth Oliver

26:30

Chapter Twenty-four: A House of Cards

21:02

Chapter Twenty-five: "The rings! Where are the rings?"

9:47

Chapter Twenty-six: A Tilt with Mr. Gryce

10:15

Chapter Twenty-seven: Found

9:54

Chapter Twenty-eight: Taken Aback

3:01

Book Three: The Girl in Grey. Chapter Twenty-nine: Amelia Becomes Peremptory

15:36

Chapter Thirty: The Matter as Stated by Mr. Gryce

24:59

Chapter Thirty-one: Some Fine Work

28:41

Chapter Thirty-two: Iconoclasm

17:58

Chapter Thirty-three: "Known, known, all known"

16:31

Chapter Thirty-four: Exactly Half Past Three

10:07

Chapter Thirty-five: A Ruse

8:33

Book Four: The End of a Great Mystery Chapter Thirty-six: The Result

7:35

Chapter Thirty-seven: "Two weeks!"

8:17

Chapter Thirty-eight: A White Satin Gown

11:58

Chapter Thirty-nine: The Watchful Eye

13:06

Chapter Forty: As the Clock Struck

6:32

Chapter Forty-one: Secret History

50:59

Chapter Forty-two: With Miss Butterworth's Compliments

9:54