

Dangerous Days
Author: Mary Roberts Rinehart
Narrator: Lynda Evans
Unabridged: 12 hr 57 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Books In Motion
Published: 07/15/2001
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective
Author: Mary Roberts Rinehart
Narrator: Lynda Evans
Unabridged: 12 hr 57 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Books In Motion
Published: 07/15/2001
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective
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.
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
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
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
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
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