Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958) was a prolific American writer of popular mysteries. The Circular Staircase was originally published in 1908 and includes all the elements of the classic whodunit – mysterious events, ghostly apparitions, things that go bump in the night and murder. (Summary by J. M. Smallheer)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
I TAKE A COUNTRY HOUSE
14:29 - Chapter 2
A LINK CUFF-BUTTON
14:06 - Chapter 3
MR. JOHN BAILEY APPEARS
09:23 - Chapter 4
WHERE IS HALSEY?
10:10 - Chapter 5
GERTRUDE'S ENGAGEMENT
10:35 - Chapter 6
IN THE EAST CORRIDOR
11:30 - Chapter 7
A SPRAINED ANKLE
11:26 - Chapter 8
THE OTHER HALF OF THE LINE
17:43 - Chapter 9
JUST LIKE A GIRL
15:10 - Chapter 10
THE TRADERS BANK
16:43 - Chapter 11
HALSEY MAKES A CAPTURE
11:05 - Chapter 12
ONE MYSTERY FOR ANOTHER
16:44 - Chapter 13
LOUISE
23:57 - Chapter 14
AN EGG-NOG AND A TELEGRAM
12:30 - Chapter 15
LIDDY GIVES THE ALARM
10:49 - Chapter 16
IN THE EARLY MORNING
10:05 - Chapter 17
A HINT OF SCANDAL
14:31 - Chapter 18
A HOLE IN THE WALL
12:10 - Chapter 19
CONCERNING THOMAS
10:24 - Chapter 20
DOCTOR WALKER'S WARNING
12:39 - Chapter 21
FOURTEEN ELM STREET
21:23 - Chapter 22
A LADDER OUT OF PLACE
09:24 - Chapter 23
WHILE THE STABLES BURNED
10:43 - Chapter 24
FLINDERS
10:27 - Chapter 25
A VISIT FROM LOUISE
15:49 - Chapter 26
HALSEY'S DISAPPEARANCE
18:25 - Chapter 27
WHO IS NINA CARRINGTON?
12:11 - Chapter 28
A TRAMP AND THE TOOTHACHE
12:14 - Chapter 29
A SCRAP OF PAPER
17:34 - Chapter 30
WHEN CHURCHYARDS YAWN
11:52 - Chapter 31
BETWEEN TWO FIREPLACES
10:14 - Chapter 32
ANNE WATSON'S STORY
11:26 - Chapter 33
AT THE FOOT OF THE STAIRS
20:09 - Chapter 34
THE ODDS AND ENDS
12:02