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In her day, Mary Roberts Rinehart was known as the "American Agatha Christie," which is quite a sign of respect given that Christie is one of the greatest mystery writers in history. Rinehart's works are also still popular today.

This is the story of how a middle-aged spinster lost her mind, deserted her domestic gods in the city, took a furnished house for the summer out of town, and found herself involved in one of those mysterious crimes that keep our newspapers and detective agencies happy and prosperous... Read Full Overview

First serialized in 1907 and then published as a book in 1908, Mary Roberts Rinehart's "The Circular Staircase" is the popular mystery story about the dowager Rachel Innes as she reveals and prevents a series of strange crimes at the home she has rented for the summer. "The... Read Full Overview

This premium quality large print volume includes the complete and unabridged original classic version of Mary Roberts Rinehart's The Circular Staircase in a freshly edited and newly typeset edition. With a large 7.44"x9.69" page size, this Summit Classic Press edition... Read Full Overview

For twenty years I had been perfectly comfortable; for twenty years I had had the window-boxes filled in the spring, the carpets lifted, the awnings put up and the furniture covered with brown linen; for as many summers I had said good-bye to my friends, and,... Read Full Overview

Rachel is a spinster who has had custody of her orphaned niece and nephew since they were children. Halsey and Gertrude are now 20 and 24, respectively, and they talk Rachel into renting a house in the country for the summer. The first night Rachel is there, there is a mysterious... Read Full Overview

Mary Roberts Rinehart es considerada la Agatha Christie (su gran rival) Norteamericana. Con La escalera de caracol fue inmensamente popular. En su primer a o de publicaci n esta novela vendi 1.250.000 copias solo en USA. Rinehart fue una mujer adelantada a su poca y sirvi ... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview