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As America prepares for the Great War, steel magnate Clayton Spencer becomes increasingly aware of the shallowness of his wife and his widening distance from his son, Graham. Graham, who wants to enlist, struggles to overcome his mother's selfish love and his own weak nature... Read Full Overview

Dangerous Days (1919)With spine tingling attention to detail and atmosphere, Rinehart is often compared to Agatha Christie and called "the American Agatha Christie". She wrote over sixty popular mysteries and is attributed with the phrase "the butler did it". The book was written... Read Full Overview

As America prepares for the Great War, steel magnate Clayton Spencer becomes increasingly aware of the shallowness of his wife and his widening distance from his son, Graham. Graham, who wants to enlist, struggles to overcome his mother's selfish love and his own weak nature... Read Full Overview

This book has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. As America prepares for the Great War, steel magnate Clayton Spencer becomes increasingly aware of the shallowness of his wife and his widening distance from his son, Graham... Read Full Overview

Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958) was an American writer, often called the American Agatha Christie, although her first mystery novel was published 14 years before Christie's. She is considered the source of the phrase "The butler did it", although she did not actually use the... Read Full Overview

The darkening storm of the first World War threatens to tear apart the lives of a group of friends. At the eye of the storm is Clayton Spencer, an ambitious businessman, who must risk everything to be with the woman he loves.

The darkening storm of the first World War threatens to tear apart the lives of a group of friends. At the eye of the storm is Clayton Spencer, an ambitious businessman, who must risk everything to be with the woman he loves.

The darkening storm of the first World War threatens to tear apart the lives of a group of friends. At the eye of the storm is Clayton Spencer, an ambitious businessman, who must risk everything to be with the woman he loves.

The darkening storm of the first World War threatens to tear apart the lives of a group of friends. At the eye of the storm is Clayton Spencer, an ambitious businessman, who must risk everything to be with the woman he loves.