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Title: The Circular Staircase

Author: Mary Roberts Rinehart


Release date: February 1, 1996 [eBook #434]
Most recently updated: August 3, 2025

Language: English

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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