| Good Old Anna | |
| Author: | Marie Belloc Lowndes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Mystery spy |
| Publisher: | Hutchinson Doran (US) |
| Release Date: | 1915 |
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Good Old Anna is a 1915 mystery spy novel by the British author Marie Belloc Lowndes.[1] It was published in the United States the following year.[2] Lowndes was well-known for her 1913 novel The Lodger inspired by the Jack the Ripper murders. This work was written following the outbreak of the First World War. A popular novel it is set in a cathedral city in Southern England.[3]
German Anna has been a faithful servant of Mrs Otway for eighteen years. She unwittingly becomes a source of secret information to fellow Germans operating a spy ring. When she is confronted by the exposure of the plot, she hangs herself in remorse.[4]