Ms Rinehart is considered to be the American equivalent of Agatha Christie. She is the author of the phrase "the butler did it." Rinehart has written hundreds of short stories, plays, travelogues and special interest articles. In The Circular Staircase a spinster aunt and her niece and nephew rent a country house for the summer, not suspecting that a cache of stolen securities is hidden inside the old walls.

Mary Roberts Rinehart is considered to be the American equivalent of Agatha Christie. She is the author of the phrase "the butler did it." Rinehart has written hundreds of short stories, plays, travelogues and special interest articles. In The Street of Seven Stars an American musician living in Austria must choose between love and career. The fate of two couples becomes intertwined on the Street of Seven Stars. The street has an almost magical quality to it. Some people find true happiness while others know only tragedy. Harmony Wells is a beautiful poor violinist who has come to Austria for...

Mary Roberts Rinehart is considered to be the American equivalent of Agatha Christie. She is the author of the phrase "the butler did it." Rinehart has written hundreds of short stories, plays, travelogues and special interest articles. The Man in Lower Ten is classic Rinehart. An excerpt from this riveting mystery reads, "The man in it was on his back, the early morning sun striking full on his upturned face. But the light did not disturb him. A small stain of red dyed the front of his night clothes and trailed across the sheet; his half-open eyes were fixed, without seeing, on the shining...

Elizabeth Wheeler lives in a small town, sings in the church choir, and dreams of a man who will sweep her off her feet. Instead, she is thrust into a series of events beyond her control leading to passion, madness, betrayal, and ultimately, murder Can she ever set thing right?

Mary Roberts Rinehart is considered to be the American equivalent of Agatha Christie. She is the author of the phrase othe butler did ito. Rinehart has written hundreds of short stories, plays, travelogues and special interest articles. When A Man Marries his troubles begin The old nursery rhyme holds true for Jimmy Wilson. On the anniversary of his divorce, his friends gather to cheer him up. Only everything goes deadly wrong. oIt began with Jimmy Wilson and a conspiracy, was helped on by a foot-square piece of yellow paper and a Japanese butler, and it enmeshed and mixed up generally ten...

Mary Roberts Rinehart (August 12, 1876-September 22, 1958) was an American writer, often called the American Agatha Christie.[1] She is considered the source of the phrase "The butler did it," although she did not actually use the phrase. She is considered to have invented the "Had-I-But-Known" school of mystery writing. When a Man Marries is a romantic comedy with mystery overtones the plot unfolds as several Bright Young characters suddenly find themselves sequestered in a large house under quarantine because the butler has just been stricken with smallpox.

Sight Unseen - The Confession: Two novels by Mary Roberts Rinehart Sight Unseen When a group of neighbors hold a seance after one of their regular dinner parties, they were expecting to be amused. not to have the medium give them a blow by blow account of the murder of one of their neighbors. The Confession Miss Agnes Blakiston rented a house for the summer hoping to provide the ideal place for her various relatives to visit. What she finds is a haunting secret that unsettles her sanity."

Mystery Comedy / Characters: 7 male, 3 female

Scenery: 2 Interiors

In this popular American mystery play, incident is piled on incident with skill and plausibility, and it is impossible to know who the real criminal is until the final curtain. This thriller revolves around Cornelia Van Gorder, a maiden lady of sixty, who rents the summer home of a banker reported killed in Colorado. She is warned that mysterious things are happening but she refuses to move. Then it is discovered that a large sum is missing from the dead man's bank and it is suspected that, far from being dead, he stole...

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