About this title: Rachel Innes believes that her summer house in the Adirondacks is haunted. Her niece and nephew arrive one night for an unexpected visit and then, the next night, they find a body at the bottom of the circular staircase. However, what Rachel believes is haunting them may turn out to be something less supernatural.
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Zebra Books
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780821717233ISBN:0821717235
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Edge wear to top of cover. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Zebra Books
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780821735282ISBN:0821735284
Description: Good. Spine is well creased. Covers show wear at the edges and corners. Good Grade C average reading copy. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. Pages tanning. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Dell, New York
Date Published: 1957
Description: Fair. No Jacket. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. Creasing and wear to wraps. Book split at center, a few pages detached, however book is complete. Light shelf wear. Reading copy with clean pages. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Zebra
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780821735282ISBN:0821735284
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Solid book, previous owner name plate on first pg, rest of pgs are clean & tanning, book shows shelf, edge & corner wear with creases at spine, Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Zebra
Date Published: 1985-12-01
ISBN-13:9780821717233ISBN:0821717235
Description: Fair. Paperback; New York, New York, U.S.A.; Kensington Publishing Corporation; 1985; Fair; Well worn but still very readable. Unconditional money back guarantee. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth-Hardcover
Publisher: The Blakiston Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date Published: 1908
Description: Good in Poor jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Tight binding. Pages yellowing from age. Tail & of spine lightly & bottom edge of book lightly rubbed. Dust jacket torn in several places, otherwise book in good condition. read more
"I loved this book. Definitely a classic whodunit narrated from the perspective of an older woman who gets directly involved in the mystery. I actually was excited to find out what happens next with each chapter. Completely cheesy, I know... but I can't help but get enthusiastic when I read something good like this. I would recommend it to anyone interested in mystery novels or turn-of-the-twentieth-century literature."
"It would probably be too prideful for me to try and review Rinehart. The fact that her books - which are mind-candy there is no other word for it - are still in print speaks for her skill. I've always wondered why she didn't get as much fame as Doyle or Christie.
Her writing reflects a period genre and if people wrote/ directed films like this, I would probably currently prefer the horror genre. Right now the whole genre (literary and film) is about cheap startles, trying to shock, and trying to nauseate. This represents a craft of subtle goosebumps. Without the cheap tricks, Rinehart can have me looking over my shoulder for a week afterward.
In addition, she has a wit and social awareness that matches Austin. (Though a fair warning. Some of her racial interactions are true to the period and may offend some.)"
"The racism in the book, satirical or not, threw me out of the story more than a few times. Otherwise an interesting and short read, though I enjoyed the Jenny Brice mystery a lot more -- perhaps because it was set in my hometown?"
"This is the most famous book by Mary Roberts Rinehart and I was once told by an elderly friend that she had been sacred out of her wits by this book. Therefore, it was a must read for my current obsession. I enjoyed the book, but think that my friend either read this book during the worse stormy night of her young life or she was raised in a convent. However, what did strike me about the book was the overt racism that was present in the book. I was appalled, but realize that literature reflects the age in which it was written. Thankfully we have moved beyond such crude racial stereotypes and comments or at least I pray that we have. But if you like a tale about dead bodies and possible ghosts in a country home that you have rented for the summer this book is for you. Also, the story is told by an elderly woman and she is a riot."
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