Mary Roberts Rinehart from I Cannot Live Without Books

The Haunted Lady (American Mystery Classics) by Mary Roberts Rinehart The arsenic in her sugar bowl was wealthy widow Eliza Fairbanks' first clue that somebody wanted her dead. The nightly plagues of bats, birds, and rats unleashed in her bedroom were the second indication, an apparent attempt to scare the life out of the delicate dowager. So instead of calling the… Read more about this item

Miss Pinkerton (American Mystery Classics) by Mary Roberts Rinehart Miss Adams is a nurse, not a detective -- at least, not technically speaking. But while working as a nurse, one can see things police can't see. An observant set of eyes can be quite an asset when crimes happen behind closed doors, so sometimes Detective Inspector Patton rings Miss Adams when… Read more about this item