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Affinities and Other Stories
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159 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 18, 2012
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About the author
Mary Roberts Rinehart
550 books427 followersMysteries of the well-known American writer Mary Roberts Rinehart include
The Circular Staircase
(1908) and
The Door
(1930).
People often called this prolific author the American version of Agatha Christie. She is considered the source of the phrase "The butler did it," though the exact phrase doesn't appear in her works, and she invented the "Had-I-But-Known" school of mystery writing.
Rinehart wrote hundreds of short stories, poems, travelogues, and special articles. Many of her books and plays were adapted for movies, such as The Bat (1926), The Bat Whispers (1930), and The Bat (1959). Critics most appreciated her murder mysteries.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ro...
People often called this prolific author the American version of Agatha Christie. She is considered the source of the phrase "The butler did it," though the exact phrase doesn't appear in her works, and she invented the "Had-I-But-Known" school of mystery writing.
Rinehart wrote hundreds of short stories, poems, travelogues, and special articles. Many of her books and plays were adapted for movies, such as The Bat (1926), The Bat Whispers (1930), and The Bat (1959). Critics most appreciated her murder mysteries.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ro...
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December 21, 2025
Affinities and Clara's Little Escapade were absolute failures. MRR obviously means this as a collection of comedies but I don't find cheating on a spouse all that funny.
The Family Friend was cute, but the comedic attempts fell flat because she was obviously (to the reader) using Henry.
In The Borrowed House rich American Madge gets swept up in the suffragette movement in Great Britain while visiting her cousin. In an attempt to make a point, the group of girls hatch a plot to kidnap the Prime Minister. It's aptly plotted and quite amusing. I love how Rinehart gets girls in their early 20s. Some of them can be quite smart and genuine thinkers. And others are merely doing it for the attention and because it's the in thing to do.
Sauce For the Gander continues the story, but falls a bit flat. There are some amusing moments but House wrapped up so nicely, I was left with too many questions at the beginning and even more at the end.
The Family Friend was cute, but the comedic attempts fell flat because she was obviously (to the reader) using Henry.
In The Borrowed House rich American Madge gets swept up in the suffragette movement in Great Britain while visiting her cousin. In an attempt to make a point, the group of girls hatch a plot to kidnap the Prime Minister. It's aptly plotted and quite amusing. I love how Rinehart gets girls in their early 20s. Some of them can be quite smart and genuine thinkers. And others are merely doing it for the attention and because it's the in thing to do.
Sauce For the Gander continues the story, but falls a bit flat. There are some amusing moments but House wrapped up so nicely, I was left with too many questions at the beginning and even more at the end.
July 22, 2024
A series of short stories, some rather funny. Set in the 1920s with flappers and some during the depression .
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