The Circular Staircase By Mary Roberts Rinehart
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The circular staircase by mary roberts rinehart. It catapulted the 27 year old ex nurse into national fame and she kept her family in relative luxury through several more best selling novels. The circular staircase was originally published in 1908 and includes all the elements of the classic whodunit mysterious events ghostly apparitions things that go bump in the night and murder. The story is told from the 1st person perspective of maiden aunt rachel innes. A typically engrossing rinehart.
Its a busy entertaining mystery story. The novel was rineharts first bestseller and established her as one of the eras most popular writers. Country homes fiction subject. Free shipping on orders over 2500.
Mary roberts rinehart august 12 1876 september 22 1958 was an american writer often called the american agatha christie although her first mystery novel was published 14 years before christies first novel in 1920. The circular staircase language. The circular staircase is a mystery novel by american writer mary roberts rinehart. The circular staircase was published by mary roberts rinehart in 1908.
Mary roberts rinehart 1876 1958 was a prolific american writer of popular mysteries. Downton abbey with butlers and maids sprinkled in amongst the bodies and evidence. Avid mystery readers may guess at least part of the solution before it ends and a few of the plot elements today seem hackneyed but the characterization and atmospherics make up for the predictability. American and canadian literature.
The circular staircase mary roberts rineharts classic tale of murder and intrigue in a pre world war i mansion is evocative yet strangely modern a sort of csi. The story follows dowager rachel innes as she thwarts a series of strange crimes at a summer house she has rented with her niece and nephew. 29 by mary roberts rinehart. Mary roberts rinehart the man in lower ten by mary roberts rinehart paperback 499.
The circular staircase by mary roberts rinehart. With elements of romance white collar crime class race poverty and privilege its a story told with such a deft hand that it will keep you. Rinehart is considered the source of the phrase the butler did it from her novel the door 1930 although the novel does not use the exact phrase.