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The Circular Staircase

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First published: 1908
Pages: 186

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I TAKE A COUNTRY HOUSE
14:29
A LINK CUFF-BUTTON
14:06
MR. JOHN BAILEY APPEARS
9:23
WHERE IS HALSEY?
10:10
GERTRUDE'S ENGAGEMENT
10:35
IN THE EAST CORRIDOR
11:30
A SPRAINED ANKLE
11:26
THE OTHER HALF OF THE LINE
17:43
JUST LIKE A GIRL
15:10
THE TRADERS BANK
16:43
HALSEY MAKES A CAPTURE
11:05
ONE MYSTERY FOR ANOTHER
16:44
LOUISE
23:57
AN EGG-NOG AND A TELEGRAM
12:30
LIDDY GIVES THE ALARM
10:49
IN THE EARLY MORNING
10:05
A HINT OF SCANDAL
14:31
A HOLE IN THE WALL
12:10
CONCERNING THOMAS
10:24
DOCTOR WALKER'S WARNING
12:39
FOURTEEN ELM STREET
21:23
A LADDER OUT OF PLACE
9:24
WHILE THE STABLES BURNED
10:43
FLINDERS
10:27
A VISIT FROM LOUISE
15:49
HALSEY'S DISAPPEARANCE
18:25
WHO IS NINA CARRINGTON?
12:11
A TRAMP AND THE TOOTHACHE
12:14
A SCRAP OF PAPER
17:34
WHEN CHURCHYARDS YAWN
11:52
BETWEEN TWO FIREPLACES
10:14
ANNE WATSON'S STORY
11:26
AT THE FOOT OF THE STAIRS
20:09
THE ODDS AND ENDS
12:02

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Rachel Innes, a comfortable middle-aged spinster, rents a country house called Sunnyside for a quiet summer with her niece and nephew. Quiet is the last thing she gets. Strange noises echo through the halls at night, a stranger turns up shot dead at the foot of the circular staircase, and the tangle of missing bank funds, hidden identities, and family secrets only deepens as the household grows fearful. Rinehart tells the whole affair in Rachel's dry, self-deprecating voice, a device that helped launch the Had I But Known style of American mystery. First published in 1908, it made Rinehart a bestselling name almost overnight. Free PDF and EPUB edition available.

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Mary Roberts Rinehart

Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876 to 1958) was an American writer often called the American Agatha Christie, though her mysteries came first. A trained nurse turned bestselling novelist and wartime correspondent, she popularized the Had I But Known narrative style and the crime-solving spinster heroine.