Books by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Complete Book Reviews
Mary Roberts Rinehart, Author, Shelly Frasier, Narrated by, Shelly Frasier, Read by , read by Shelly Frasier. Tantor Media $36 (0p) ISBN 978-1-4001-0041-5
Rinehart's 1920 mystery features a remote country house filled with suspects, a forbidden romance, a cache of hidden money and a mysterious killer known only as The Bat. But sadly, this novel does not adapt well to audio. Long, descriptive...
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Mary Roberts Rinehart. Penzler, $25.95 (312p) ISBN 978-1-61316-113-5
Originally published in 1925, this entry in the American Mystery Classics series from Rinehart (1876–1958) showcases her extraordinary gift for sustaining high levels of tension. The plot is recounted through diary entries made in 1922 by William...
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Mary Roberts Rinehart. Penzler, $15.95 trade paper (250p) ISBN 978-1-613161-60-9
In this twisty and atmospheric whodunit from Rinehart (1876–1958) featuring astute nurse and police ally Hilda Adams, Hilda’s friend Inspector Fuller, who believes Hilda “can see more with those blue eyes of hers than most of us could with a...
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Mary Roberts Rinehart. Penzler, $25.95 (312p) ISBN 978-1-61316-211-8
This cleverly constructed mystery from Rinehart (1876–1958) is as fresh and suspenseful as when it was first published in 1938. Marcia Lloyd is spending the summer at Sunset House, her family home on an island off the New England coast. With her...
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Mary Roberts Rinehart. Penzler, $25.95 (264p) ISBN 978-1-61316-269-9
First published in 1932, this clever entry in the American Mystery Classics series from Rinehart (1876–1958) introduces Hilda Adams, a nurse who uses her professional status to aid the police in an unnamed city that could be New York. The self-effaci
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Mary Roberts Rinehart. Penzler, $25.95 (336p) ISBN 978-1-61316-361-0
In the illuminating introduction to this exceptional whodunit from Rinehart (1876–1958), first published in 1933, Otto Penzler quotes the author’s brief description of it: “The answer to four gruesome murders lies in a dusty album for everyone to...
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