Dangerous Days, Mary Roberts Rinehart
Dangerous Days, Mary Roberts Rinehart
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Dangerous Days

Author: Mary Roberts Rinehart

Narrator: Lynda Evans

Unabridged: 12 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/15/2001


Synopsis

Just after the turn of the century on the eve of World War I society is divided into many different classes, and corruption is rampant high and low. The darkening storm of the looming war threatens to tear apart the lives and relationships of a group of

About Mary Roberts Rinehart

In her prime, American novelist and playwright Mary Roberts Rinehart was more famous than Agatha Christie. Originator of the phrase "The butler did it," she is best known for her mystery stories-including The Circular Staircase, The Man in Lower Ten, and Tish-which combine murder, love, ingenuity, and humor in a style that is uniquely her own. Several of her suspense novels were turned into Broadway successes, including The Bat (which was derived from The Circular Staircase).

Mary Roberts was born in Allegheny Pittsburgh in 1876. In 1896 Mary graduated from the Pittsburgh Training School for Nurses, married physician Stanley Rinehart, and started a family. Financial losses drove Mary to take up a writing career in 1903. Childhood memories such as the nearby state penitentiary, the one-armed policeman, and a mute neighbor inspired her novels. Five years later, her first novel, The Circular Staircase, became an instant success.

In addition to her novels, the public grew to know Mary through the magazine serials and essays that she wrote for the Saturday Evening Post. During World War I, Mary served as a war correspondent and was one of the few that were allowed to report directly from the trenches. At the time of her death in 1958, her books had sold more than 10 million copies.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sophie on November 13, 2014

This was an interesting glimpse into what American life was like in the run up to World War I. I learned some things--such as that sabotage was a very real threat in those days--and appreciated Rinehart's perspective on the attitudes of the time, both for and against entering the war. This was an in......more

Goodreads review by Jeff on May 21, 2018

Generally considered to be the American Agatha Christie, Rinehart's fiction goes beyond mysteries. This is the second book of hers that I've read that concerns itself with America's involvement in World War I. While The Amazing Interlude focused on the debate over American involvement in the War, th......more

Goodreads review by Susan on March 10, 2016

I loved this book. It was suspenseful, to say the least. Characters so well-drawn. I fell in love with one of the characters, and certainly cared about lots of the characters. I love this writer. It's an older book, copyright 1919! An oldie but a goodie.......more

Goodreads review by Kate on June 19, 2021

I didn’t hate it. Literature, American literature, from between the Wars is always so interesting as historical artifact. Not literature about the time period, but literature written during the time period. There is so much arrogance, and innocence. This is a novel that tells the story of a nation t......more

Goodreads review by Steve on January 04, 2022

The plot is simple, but the characters are as foreign to us 100 years later as those in a Masterpiece Theater presentation, even though it's set in Pittsburgh in 1916-1918. Rich industrialist, feckless wife, strong women, weak son, all as the country moves towards entry in World War I. In fact, this......more