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The Circular Staircase

by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Contents

I. I TAKE A COUNTRY HOUSE
II. A LINK CUFF-BUTTON
III. MR. JOHN BAILEY APPEARS
IV. WHERE IS HALSEY?
V. GERTRUDE’S ENGAGEMENT
VI. IN THE EAST CORRIDOR
VII. A SPRAINED ANKLE
VIII. THE OTHER HALF OF THE LINE
IX. JUST LIKE A GIRL
X. THE TRADERS’ BANK
XI. HALSEY MAKES A CAPTURE
XII. ONE MYSTERY FOR ANOTHER
XIII. LOUISE
XIV. AN EGG-NOG AND A TELEGRAM
XV. LIDDY GIVES THE ALARM
XVI. IN THE EARLY MORNING
XVII. A HINT OF SCANDAL
XVIII.A HOLE IN THE WALL
XIX. CONCERNING THOMAS
XX. DOCTOR WALKER’S WARNING
XXI. FOURTEEN ELM STREET
XXII. A LADDER OUT OF PLACE
XXIII. WHILE THE STABLES BURNED
XXIV. FLINDERS
XXV. A VISIT FROM LOUISE
XXVI. HALSEY’S DISAPPEARANCE
XXVII. WHO IS NINA CARRINGTON?
XXVIII. A TRAMP AND THE TOOTHACHE
XXIX. A SCRAP OF PAPER
XXX. WHEN CHURCHYARDS YAWN
XXXI. BETWEEN TWO FIREPLACES
XXXII. ANNE WATSON’S STORY
XXXIII. AT THE FOOT OF THE STAIRS
XXXIV. THE ODDS AND ENDS

CHAPTER I.
I TAKE A COUNTRY HOUSE

This is the story of how a middle-aged spinster lost her mind, deserted herdomestic gods in the city, took a furnished house for the summer out of town,and found herself involved in one of those mysterious crimes that keep ournewspapers and detective agencies happy and prosperous. For twenty years I hadbeen perfectly comfortable; for twenty years I had had the window-boxes filledin the s

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