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The Circular Staircase Paperback - 2014

by Mary Roberts Rinehart

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Rachel Innes, a middle-aged spinster, has barely settled in at the country house she has rented for the summer when a series of bizarre and violent events threaten to perturb her normally unflappable nature. A strange figure appears briefly in the twilight outside a window. At night, a rattling, metallic sound reverberates through dark halls, and -- most disconcerting of all -- the body of a strange man is found lying in a pool of blood at the bottom of a circular staircase.
Before this spine-tingling tales ends, five connected deaths shatter the normally placid atmosphere of the vacation retreat. Rachel's devoted niece and nephew are among the prime suspects in one of the murders; stolen securities and a bank default threatens the young pair's financial security; and Aunt "Ray" ultimately fights for her life in an airless secret room.
Author of more than 60 chilling mysteries, Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958) is credited with inventing the "Had-I-But-Known" school of detective fiction, which typically involved an attractive heroine caught up in a seemingly endless succession of dangerous predicaments. The Circular Staircase -- originally published in 1908 -- is considered the first of the genre. A clever blend of intrigue, villainy, and heart-pounding suspense, leavened with traces of wry humor, this immensely popular novel will delight today's crime fiction buffs as much as it galvanized readers almost 90 years ago.

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First serialized in five issues of All-Story starting with the November 1907 issue, the first book was published in 1908 by Bobbs-Merrill in Indianapolis. It pioneered the 'had I but known' school of mystery writing and was a best-seller.

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  • Title The Circular Staircase
  • Author Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 192
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Dover Publications, NY
  • Publication date 2014-02
  • ISBN 9780486297132 / 0486297136
  • Weight 0.33 lbs (0.15 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.27 x 5.19 x 0.5 in (21.01 x 13.18 x 1.27 cm)
  • Category Fiction - Mystery/ Detective
  • Library of Congress subjects Detective and mystery stories
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 97001445
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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New York: Dover Publications, 1997. Trade Paperback. Good. 5x0x8. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. spine creasing, edge wear; Rinehart's famous story 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, and unaware that the old house hides a sinister secret, she unwittingly sets off a chain of mysterious and murderous events.
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by RINEHART, MARY ROBERTS....;..GREENE, DOUGLAS G. INTRO..

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