author
Mary Roberts Rinehart
1876–1958
A pioneering American mystery writer, she helped shape the suspense novel with brisk plots, memorable settings, and a knack for building tension. Her stories ranged beyond crime fiction too, spanning plays, journalism, and popular fiction that reached a huge early-20th-century audience.
32 Audiobooks
Tish plays the game
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Locked Doors
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Dangerous Days
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Circular Staircase
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Breaking Point
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Tenting To-night A Chronicle of Sport and Adventure in Glacier Park and the Cascade Mountains
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Truce of God
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Amazing Interlude
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
More Tish
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Street of Seven Stars
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Man in Lower Ten
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Kings, Queens and Pawns: An American Woman at the Front
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Case of Jennie Brice
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
K
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
When a Man Marries
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Love Stories
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Through Glacier Park: Seeing America First with Howard Eaton
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Sight Unseen
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Bab: A Sub-Deb
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
The After House
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Altar of Freedom
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
A Poor Wise Man
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Tish : The chronicle of her escapades and excursions
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
'Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are!'
by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb, Mary Roberts Rinehart
Affinities, and Other Stories
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Twenty-three and a half hours' leave
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Long Live the King!
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Where There's a Will
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Window at the White Cat
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Confession
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Bat
by Stephen Vincent Benét, Avery Hopwood, Mary Roberts Rinehart
The amazing adventures of Letitia Carberry
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
About the author
Born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, in 1876, Mary Roberts Rinehart trained as a nurse before turning to writing. Financial pressures pushed her toward publishing, and she soon found a wide readership with stories and novels that mixed suspense, domestic life, and sharp observation.
She became one of the best-known American mystery writers of her era, with works such as The Circular Staircase and the play The Bat. She is often credited with popularizing the "had-I-but-known" style of suspense narration, and her success extended beyond detective fiction into short stories, novels, plays, and magazine writing.
Rinehart also worked as a journalist and war correspondent, bringing a spirit of curiosity and adventure to her career. She remained a major literary presence for decades, and her influence can still be felt in later crime and suspense fiction.