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METTA VICTORIA FULLER VICTOR, who wrote several novels under the name SEELEY REGESTER (1831-1885), was a prolific American writer. Not only was she one of the first American woman to write crime fiction, her 1866 novel The Dead Letter, is credited as the first American detective novel, and only the third penned in English.
"""""The Dead Letter is worthy of your attention, not only as an interesting landmark in the history of American crime fiction, but also as an enjoyable, entertaining reading experience. - New York Journal of Books "" - New York Journal of Books"
