The Circular Staircase - Softcover

Rinehart, Mary Roberts

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846374049 ISBN 13: 9781846374043

Publisher: Echo Library, 2006

Synopsis

1908. The Circular Staircase is Rinehart's most famous story. The tale mixes chilling suspense and romance with good humor to produce an absorbing and entertaining mystery. Middle-aged spinster Rachel Innes leases a country house for the summer. Her plans for a restful vacation are soon interrupted by niece and nephew and unaware that the old house hides a sinister secret they unwittingly set off a chain of mysterious and murderous events. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

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About the Author:

Often referred to as the American Agatha Christie, Mary Roberts Rinehart was an American journalist and writer who is best known for the murder mystery The Circular Staircase considered to have started the Had-I-but-known school of mystery writing and the popular Tish mystery series. A prolific writer, Rinehart was originally educated as a nurse, but turned to writing as a source of income after the 1903 stock market crash. Although primarily a fiction writer, Rinehart served as the Saturday Evening Post s correspondent for from the Belgian front during the First World War, and later published a series of travelogues and an autobiography. Roberts died in New York City in 1958.

About this edition

• Publisher: Echo Library
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1846374049
• ISBN 13: 9781846374043
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 148