The Circular Staircase
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A wealthy, middle-aged spinster arrives at the mansion she's rented for the summer while her own town house is being renovated. The mansion is the home of a millionaire local banker, who has left for California with his wife and stepdaughter. But all is not peace and relaxation in the vast villa. Before long, the spinster's house help is frightened out of her wits by various strange noises. What follows is a spooky tale of mysterious disappearances, murder, apparitions and weird goings on. The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart is her first published novel and was wildly popular when...
Chapters (35)
- The Circular Staircase
- CHAPTER I. I TAKE A COUNTRY HOUSE
- CHAPTER II. A LINK CUFF-BUTTON
- CHAPTER III. MR. JOHN BAILEY APPEARS
- CHAPTER IV. WHERE IS HALSEY?
- CHAPTER V. GERTRUDE’S ENGAGEMENT
- CHAPTER VI. IN THE EAST CORRIDOR
- CHAPTER VII. A SPRAINED ANKLE
- CHAPTER VIII. THE OTHER HALF OF THE LINE
- CHAPTER IX. JUST LIKE A GIRL
- CHAPTER X. THE TRADERS’ BANK
- CHAPTER XI. HALSEY MAKES A CAPTURE
- CHAPTER XII. ONE MYSTERY FOR ANOTHER
- CHAPTER XIII. LOUISE
- CHAPTER XIV. AN EGG-NOG AND A TELEGRAM
- CHAPTER XV. LIDDY GIVES THE ALARM
- CHAPTER XVI. IN THE EARLY MORNING
- CHAPTER XVII. A HINT OF SCANDAL
- CHAPTER XVIII. A HOLE IN THE WALL
- CHAPTER XIX. CONCERNING THOMAS
- CHAPTER XX. DOCTOR WALKER’S WARNING
- CHAPTER XXI. FOURTEEN ELM STREET
- CHAPTER XXII. A LADDER OUT OF PLACE
- CHAPTER XXIII. WHILE THE STABLES BURNED
- CHAPTER XXIV. FLINDERS
- CHAPTER XXV. A VISIT FROM LOUISE
- CHAPTER XXVI. HALSEY’S DISAPPEARANCE
- CHAPTER XXVII. WHO IS NINA CARRINGTON?
- CHAPTER XXVIII. A TRAMP AND THE TOOTHACHE
- CHAPTER XXIX. A SCRAP OF PAPER
- CHAPTER XXX. WHEN CHURCHYARDS YAWN
- CHAPTER XXXI. BETWEEN TWO FIREPLACES
- CHAPTER XXXII. ANNE WATSON’S STORY
- CHAPTER XXXIII. AT THE FOOT OF THE STAIRS
- CHAPTER XXXIV. THE ODDS AND ENDS
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