Show Notes
In today's episode, Brook and Sarah discuss Mary Roberts Rinehart's lasting impact on mystery fiction, even if readers aren't directly familiar with her work.
Discussed and mentioned
The Circular Staircase (1908) Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Bat (1920) Mary Roberts Rinehart with Avery Hopwood
The Window at the White Cat (1910) Mary Roberts Rinehart
Mary Roberts Rinehart's papers at University of Pittsburgh [https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3AUS-PPiU-sc195803/viewer?TSPD_101_R0=0812be273cab20009dc702c97a2616df467204a3bc88397ea8e45ad9698f23846af9a88d9423e024082aa5afa4143000fa9f7b61b8356aaf5ce3630ceb5cd79345e6b123c3514ad1d8f54150b01c200fcd9f1d2bd4f100bd5c814b03d6efd888]
Correspondence with Ellery Queen [https://i2.digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A31735037971110]
References
Improbable Fiction: The Life of Mary Roberts Rinehart (1980) Jan Cohn
Had She But Known: A Biography of Mary Roberts Rinehart(1994) Charlotte MacLeod
On Project Gutenberg [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/183]
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