This Halcyon Classics ebook collection includes twenty-three novels and stories by Mary Roberts Rinehart, often called the "American Agatha Christie." Rinehart is probably the source of the phrase "The butler did it", although she did not actually use this exact phrase in her writings. Rinehart originated the "Had-I-But-Known" school of mystery writing in her first book, THE CIRCULAR STAIRCASE. Other noteworthy mysteries include THE BAT and THE CASE OF JENNIE BRICE. This ebook is DRM free and includes an active table of contents for easy navigation. Contents The Circular Staircase The Window at the White Cat When a Man Marries Where There’s a Will The Case of Jennie Brice The Street of Seven Stars The After House K Bab, A Sub-Deb Long Live the King The Amazing Interlude Dangerous Days A Poor Wise Man The Bat The Breaking Point The Truce of God Tish More Tish Affinities and Other Stories Love Stories Sight Unseen The Confession The Man in the Lower Ten This unexpurgated edition contains the complete text, with minor errors and omissions corrected.
Author
Mysteries of known American writer Mary Roberts Rinehart include The Circular Staircase (1908) and The Door (1930). People often called this prolific author often the American version of Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie. She, considered the source, used not the phrase "The butler did it," and people also consider that she invented the "Had-I-But-Known" school of mystery writing. Rinehart wrote hundreds of short stories, poems, travelogues, and special articles. People adapted many of her books and plays for movies, such as The Bat (1926), The Bat Whispers (1930), and The Bat (1959). Amid many of her best-selling books, critics most appreciated her murder mysteries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary\_Ro...
