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(0)Mary Roberts Rinehart
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According to Wikipedia: "Mary Roberts Rinehart (August 12, 1876-September 22, 1958) was a prolific author 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 herself, and also considered to have invented the "Had-I-But-Known" school of mystery writing.... Rinehart wrote hundreds of short stories, poems, travelogues and special articles. Many of her...
2) The bat
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Neither threats nor unearthly sounds could budge Miss Cornelia from the isolated country mansion she shared with her pretty niece, hysterical maid, laconic butler, and the nice young man who just might be a fugitive. Even knowing that she was a prime target for the vicious, elusive killer known as The Bat didn't faze this spirited spinster.
3) The red lamp
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A professor tries to stop a murder spree, uncertain whether the culprit is man or ghost. An all-around skeptic when it comes to the supernatural, literature professor William Porter gives no credence to claims that Twin Towers, the seaside manor he's just inherited, might be haunted. He finds nothing mysterious about the conditions in which his Uncle Horace died, leaving the property behind; it was a simple case of cardiac arrest, nothing more. So,...
4) The album
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"Even in the early 1930s, Crescent Place is a neighborhood out of the past. The five Victorian mansions and the remote patch of pasture placed between them have the air of the 1890s, even as the city--once miles away from this idyllic retreat--encroaches and surrounds the enclave. But while these rarified residences may appear calm on the outside, their isolated interiors contain dark secrets, prolonged feuds, and generations of high-toned trouble....
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As Lois Maynard prepares to sell the Birches, her family's summer home, her sister Judith returns to the estate after a long absence, bringing with her vivid memories of their youth together. Lois had spent those childhood summers in the shadows of her very beautiful - and very headstrong - older sister. Judith's arrival casts a spell on the Birches. Her loveliness no longer enhances the spacious estate. The sunny grounds are darkened by an unknown...
6) The wall
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Three murders take place among a group of wealthy people summering at a Maine resort. A tale of mystery, personal relationships, and emotional reaction.
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Someone's trying to kill the head of the Fairbanks estate, and only her nurse can protect her. Reissued for the first time in over twenty years, and featuring one of Mary Roberts Rinehart's only series characters. The Haunted Lady is the thrilling follow-up to Miss Pinkerton, also available from American Mystery Classics.
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Three people are brutally axe-murdered-on a sailboat in the open ocean. The surviving passengers must tread the decks carefully-because the murderer is still aboard! Mary Roberts Rinehart's chilling 1914 novel of romance and suspense, ripped from the headlines of the day, still has the power to hold readers spellbound in its grip.
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"When Herbert Wynne is found dead, with a bullet in the forehead, the obvious explanation is murder. But how could it be when the only possible suspect is Herbert's frail Aunt Juliet? Posing as Juliet's private duty nurse, the Homicide Bureau's Hilda Adams develops grave suspicions. Why is the maid terrified of every dark corner? And if a mad killer is on the loose, who will be targeted as the next victim?"--FantasticFiction.com.
