Rachel Innes rents a country house for the summer with her adult niece and nephew. Strange events begin happening in the house from the time they arrive. It starts with strange noise and then on the second night a murder. There are several mysteries to be solved and all is revealed through investigation by the main characters.
This is outstanding. I found a write up of this book on a 'best of site..' and finally found a copy to buy. While looking for the book I saw that on several web sites Rinehart is referred to to as the American Agatha Christie. This is not even remotely the case, Christie should be referred to as the British Rinehart.
This book was published in 1908 , twelve years before Christie had her first book in print. This story by Rinehart was only her second and having read a lot of Christie I can say she only ever got this good on a dozen or so occasions.
The book has it all, tension, good characters and a nice bit of humour. Great stuff .
No comments:
Post a Comment