The Door - Rinehart, Mary Roberts
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A landmark of classic American mystery and early psychological suspense, The Door by Mary Roberts Rinehart is a gripping tale of secrets, fear, and the dangerous illusions of domestic safety. Set in a quiet household where routine masks hidden tensions, the novel begins with a shocking discovery: a loyal housekeeper is found murdered, and every room, every conversation, and every memory becomes a potential clue-or a lie. As suspicion tightens around the family home, Rinehart unravels a mystery built on psychological domestic suspense, revealing how guilt, resentment, loyalty, and fear twist…mehr

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A landmark of classic American mystery and early psychological suspense, The Door by Mary Roberts Rinehart is a gripping tale of secrets, fear, and the dangerous illusions of domestic safety. Set in a quiet household where routine masks hidden tensions, the novel begins with a shocking discovery: a loyal housekeeper is found murdered, and every room, every conversation, and every memory becomes a potential clue-or a lie. As suspicion tightens around the family home, Rinehart unravels a mystery built on psychological domestic suspense, revealing how guilt, resentment, loyalty, and fear twist together behind closed doors. Narrated with the author's signature blend of traditional whodunit structure and rising emotional tension, the story moves between intimate family drama and vintage crime fiction, creating a narrative where the truth feels close enough to touch-and just as dangerous. Widely recognized as a precursor to the modern domestic suspense genre, The Door showcases Rinehart's mastery of early twentieth-century American mystery, where the quietest moments can carry the most terrifying implications, and the smallest detail may be the key to survival. With an atmosphere thick with dread and a solution that once stunned the literary world, this is essential reading for fans of:classic American mystery novels household-set psychological suspense Golden Age detective fiction early domestic thrillers vintage crime fiction with emotional depth Perfect for libraries, book clubs, and readers who enjoy mysteries driven by character and consequence, The Door remains a compelling example of how fear, memory, and motive intersect in ordinary lives-and how even a familiar home can become a labyrinth of secrets. Chilling, tense, and brilliantly constructed, The Door traps readers in a world where every answer leads to another question-and the most ordinary moments hide the darkest truths.
Autorenporträt
Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958) was the most beloved and best-selling mystery writer in America in the first half of the twentieth century. Born in Pittsburgh to the owner of a sewing machine factory, she wrote fiction in her spare time until a stock market crash sent her and her husband into debt, forcing her to lean on her writing to pay the bills. Her first two novels, The Circular Staircase (1908) and The Man in Lower Ten (1909), established her as a bright young talent, and it wasn't long before she was a regular on bestseller lists.Among her dozens of novels were The Amazing Adventures of Letitia Carberry (1911) and The Bat (1932), which was among the inspirations for Bob Kane's Batman. Today, Rinehart is often called an American Agatha Christie, even though she was much more popular than Christie during her heyday.