Librivox Mystery Bookshelf

Mary Roberts Rinehart and Her School

Mary Roberts Rinehart's work is very different from the clichés of Rinehart criticism. It has a lot in common with hard-boiled school, in both style and subject. It also is part of the American school of "scientific" detection, like Arthur B. Reeve. In fact, all three groups, scientific, hard-boiled and Rinehart show common features. They form an American school that mixes adventure and detection. There is an attempt at realism in the depiction of modern life, with many different classes, corruption high and low, and a great diversity of characters. (From Mike Grost's Rinehart page.)

Mary Roberts Rinehart

The Circular Staircase - Novel