Mary roberts rinehart august 12, 1876 september 22, 1958 was an american writer, often called the american agatha christie, although her first mystery novel was published 14 years. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Read chapter ii of the circular staircase by mary roberts rinehart. It is among the first in the had i but known genre of mystery novels. With eugenie besserer, guy oliver, stella razeto, edith johnson. Spiral staircase kits 42 diameter metal spiral staircases. See all 236 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Circular staircase circular stairs design circular. Fast delivery of spiral stair kits nationwide and worldwide. The story follows dowager rachel innes as she thwarts a series of strange crimes at a summer house she has rented. It is also the book which invented the had i but known it school of detective fiction, in which the principal characters actions have the effect of inadvertently prolonging the mystery and the action.
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The circular staircase was originally published in 1908 and includes all the elements of the classic whodunit. The project gutenberg etext of the circular staircase, by. This woman painted her staircase to look like books and. Fiction in english, classic literature, fiction, detective and mystery stories. Read the circular staircase online by mary roberts rinehart at, the free online library full of thousands of classic books.
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