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Title details for The Circular Staircase, with eBook by Mary Roberts Rinehart - Available

The Circular Staircase, with eBook

by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Rebecca Burns
Audiobook (Includes supplementary content)
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Wealthy, middle-aged spinster Rachel Innes is persuaded by her niece Gertrude and nephew Halsey to take a house in the country for the summer. Rachel is unaware that the house hides a sinister secret, and soon unexplained happenings and murder follow.


The Circular Staircase is perhaps Mary Roberts Rinehart's most famous story. The tale mixes bone-chilling suspense and romance with good humor to produce an absorbing and entertaining mystery.

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  • Release date

    May 25, 2009

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781400190829
      • File size: 192616 KB
      • Duration: 06:41:16

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Text Difficulty: 6-12

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Because they have entered the public domain, many more vintage mysteries have been appearing in the audiobook format. There are numerous productions of this Mary Roberts Rinehart classic about a wealthy, urbane spinster who rents a remote country estate. Rinehart has been labeled the Agatha Christie of America, but her female detective is unlike Miss Marple. Patrician Rachel Innes, as portrayed by narrator Aimee Lilly, has both an understandable hauteur and a generosity of spirit that makes the listener forgive her condescension. Lilly conveys the mood of the story's time period and nails the characters' various socioeconomic classes. Additionally, she delivers an exciting puzzle featuring secret rooms, cryptic notes, ghostly images, odd noises, and, of course, dead bodies. D.L.G. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Text Difficulty:6-12

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