Search Results: Mary Roberts Rienhart from I Cannot Live Without Books

The Haunted Lady (American Mystery Classics) by Mary Roberts Rinehart
The arsenic in her sugar bowl was wealthy widow Eliza Fairbanks' first clue that somebody wanted her dead. The nightly plagues of bats, birds, and rats unleashed in her bedroom were the second indication, an apparent attempt to scare the life out of the delicate dowager. So instead of calling the exterminator, Eliza calls the cops, who send Hilda Adams -- "Miss Pinkerton" to the folks at the bureau -- to go undercover and investigate.
Hilda Adams is a nurse, not a detective -- at least, not technically speaking. But then, nurses do have the opportunity to see things that the police can't and to witness the inner workings of a household when the authorities are not around. From the moment Adams arrives at the Fairbanks mansion, confronted by a swarm of shady and oddball relatives, it's clear that something unseemly is at work in the estate. But not even she is prepared for the web of intrigue that awaits her therein.
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Miss Pinkerton (American Mystery Classics) by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Miss Adams is a nurse, not a detective -- at least, not technically speaking. But while working as a nurse, one can see things police can't see. An observant set of eyes can be quite an asset when crimes happen behind closed doors, so sometimes Detective Inspector Patton rings Miss Adams when he needs an agent on the inside. And when he does, he calls her "Miss Pinkerton" after the famous detective agency.
Everyone agrees that mild-mannered Herbert Wynne wasn't the type to commit suicide but, after he is found shot dead, with the only other possible killer being his ailing, bedridden aunt, no other explanation makes sense. With the elderly woman left uncared for at her grand estate, Patton sees the perfect opportunity to employ Miss Pinkerton's abilities. But when the sleuthing nurse arrives at the mansion to ply her trade, she finds more intrigue than anyone outside could have imagined and -- when she realizes a killer is on the… Read More