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| Mary Roberts Rinehart | | Hardcover:
| 608 pages | | Publisher:
| Readers Digest | | Publication Date:
| September 16, 2002 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0762188774 | | Package Length:
| 9.5 inches | | Package Width:
| 6.3 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.9 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.85 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 2 reviews |
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11 of 17 found the following review helpful:
 "The Wall" That Made Me ReadAug 28, 2006
Some say that Mary Roberts Rinehart is the American Agatha Christie. If I were an avid reader, I might concur, but alas, I am not even close to an avid reader of mystery or any other category of book. HOWEVER, this woman wrote a mystery that drew me in like a vacuum and then kept me interested enough until I had read the entire work. "The Wall" is the work of which I speak. When it was first in my hands, I was a young lad in my teens. I aged, gathered wisdom until they gave me a title, saw the world, worked, partied, married, had sons who then made sons, and then I rested. Through all of that, I made sure to accomplish something that I have bragged about many times. I never read a book, completely. Even when it was required that I do so, I made sure to stop short of reading book totally by stopping at the next to the last page, the next to the last paragraph, or at times skip and entire chapter if I thought it might be fluff and add nothing to the experience. In order to sustain my wretched reading reputation, I did not read the last page of "The Wall". It was simply the conclusion statement by the story's narrator in the form of opinion about events that lead to the mystery's demise.
I still can say that any book ever in my hands has never been read, stem to stern, word after word. "The Wall" by Marry Roberts Rinehart is the on and only book that holds the title of being the one volume that just about made a fool of me. Now, give all of this serious consideration when you think about this author and the one story of hers that has a great secret power. Oh and by the way, I married a librarian but if you think that has made a reader of me, think again. NOT!
42 of 43 found the following review helpful:
 If anything, read these for the joy of Rinehart storytellingMay 08, 2005
I had never heard of Mary Roberts Rinehart until I picked up her novel Miss Pinkerton just by chance one day. This novel is not in this book, but it features one of her characters Nurse Hilda Adams who is a nurse hired by the police to observe people in houses under where there are mysterious occurences, and who is in the last book of this volume (The Buckled Bag- which is Hilda's first case). Miss Pinkerton is the nickname given to her by the Inspector Patton who is her sort of "boss" who assigns cases to her. I was surpised to find a delightful novel with interesting, witty, humorous dialogue, suspenseful and exciting moments, lovable characters, and good old-fashioned romance. So after that I looked for all the Rinehart novels I could find. I've read The Circular Staircase, The Man in Lower Ten, and four Miss Pinkerton cases, and I've loved them all. She does a pretty good job of confusing you and making you wonder who the murderer is or what's going on and the storytelling itself is super! Most of her stories are written in first person and the narrators are usually funny, witty, and sarcastic which makes reading Rinehart's books so fun. I recommend these novels to anyone who is a simple mystery lover who likes stuff like that. I admit that the solving of the mystery is not as twisted and shocking as an Agatha Christie revalation, but the way the story is told makes up for the lack of intrigue and twists that are expected in some mystery novels. So read these novels! One other point - some people say that Rinhart is considered a gothic mystery horror writer, whatever that means, but don't let that fool you. They're not like that at all. Yeah, there's murder and all that in most of her stories, and strange things that go on, and suspense, but I wouldn't say her novels are scary thrilling horror novels. Her novels were written in the early 1900s so they're not all bloody and gory like novels today. They've got dignity and proper stuff in them, so if you like books like that, you'll like these. No need for me to tell you what the mysteries are about since there are plenty of other reviews that explain that if you look around amazon. Basically all you need to know is that here characters and settings are usually about the rich or middle class in the United States in the early 1900s. I guess you could put in the same class as the type of story Agatha Christie would write. It's just the way the story is told that is not even comparable. But like I said if you're a simple mystery lover like me, you'll like them! So go for it!
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