Item #H30822 The Great Mistake, A Mystery Novel. Mary Roberts Rinehart.
The Great Mistake, A Mystery Novel
The Great Mistake, A Mystery Novel
The Great Mistake, A Mystery Novel

The Great Mistake, A Mystery Novel

New York: Farrar and Rinehart, 1940. First Printing. Hardcover. Cloth in dust jacket, book about fine, jacket very good or better, the only blemish is a gentle vertical crease to middle of spine, otherwise an uncommonly nice copy. Here is a nice Goodreads review of it: "Set in a rambling, eccentric mansion, The Cloisters, and full of interesting, suspicious characters this novel weaves a large web of mystery and suspense. Three murders, one mysterious attack and subsequent missing person and romance, this novel has it all! Pat Abbott goes to work for Maud Wainwright as her live-in personal secretary. Not long after she starts work there a mysterious attack on Evan, the night watchman, occurs. His pants and his keys to Cloisters is missing! Things start moving fast from that point with Maud mysteriously coming home from an outing frail and nervous with a weak heart. Now pretty much bedridden. What happened that day as she was riding home in her car? What did she see that so shocked her? Maud's wayward, money hungry daughter-in-law shows up unexpectedly and moves back in with no intention of leaving anytime soon. A man who had run off years ago with a young girl returns home sick and ends up dead beside Maud's pool. Evan, the watchman goes missing from his hospital room. Tony, Maud's son, is falling for Pat, but there is that no good wife back and refusing to divorce and threatening to expose a big secret. Then there is the secret emergency meetings Maud has with her family attorney. Hmmm, lots of intrigue going on at the Cloisters. Great name for a mansion isn't it!? This story is told by Pat Abbott in recollection fashion as she writes a novel about the happenings at The Cloister." Near fine / very good. Item #H30822

Price: $85.00

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