Rinehart is considered the source of the phrase the butler did it from her novel the door 1930 although the novel does not use the exact phrase.
The yellow room mary roberts rinehart.
Born in pittsburgh to a clerk at a sewing machine agency rinehart trained as a nurse and married a doctor after her graduation from nursing school.
I d definitely recommend it.
This book has been on my tbr pile for a while so rich s crimes of the century monthly challenge at past offences gave me a good excuse to give it a go.
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The yellow room makes me want to read more of rinehart.
The yellow room kindle edition by rinehart mary roberts.
Mary roberts rinehart has been called the american agatha christie.
It is old fashioned in a good way.
The yellow room originally published in 1945 is one of her best.
The yellow room 1945 by mary roberts rinehart.
But there s a dashing american quality to her writing that has its own unique appeal.
I find her less polished than christie and her characters more on the surface.
It is an old fashioned very entertaining example of the more traditional mystery genre.
I find her less polished than christie and her characters more on the surface.
But there s a dashing american quality to her writing that has its own unique appeal.
But there s a dashing american quality to her writing that has its own unique appeal.
Mary roberts rinehart august 12 1876 september 22 1958 was an american writer often called the american agatha christie although her first mystery novel was published 12 years before christie s first novel in 1920.
Mary roberts rinehart has been called the american agatha christie.
The yellow room makes me want to read more of rinehart.
Mary roberts rinehart 1876 1958 was one of the united states s most popular early mystery authors.
Mary roberts rinehart wrote some terrific mysteries dating back to the early 1900 s.
Rinehart is an author i have never read before but i have known about for a while after having read about her in martha dubose s women of mystery.
But there s a dashing american quality to her writing that has its own unique appeal.
I find her less polished than christie and her characters more on the surface.
The yellow room makes me want to read more of rinehart.
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I d definitely recommend it.
The yellow room makes me want to read more of rinehart.
Mary roberts rinehart has been called the american agatha christie.
The yellow room originally published in 1945 is one of mary roberts rinehart s best books in my opinion.
I find her less polished than christie and her characters more on the surface.
There is a pretty young girl a murder intrigue involving the young woman s family and of course a dashing war hero in love with the heroine and only too willing to use every means at his disposal to help her.
Mary roberts rinehart has been called the american agatha christie.
I d definitely recommend it.