The Bat by Mary Roberts Rinehart, Fiction, Literary, Mystery & Detective (Hardcover)

from meowpossum

Meh... If you've seen the silent movie version from the 1920's, it's a pretty faithful rendition of the book. The book itself reads like a silent movie scenario: an improbable master villian (in a black mask and cape!), a hidden room, the dead man who isn't quite as dead as he should be, an amnes...

from DeltaQueen50

The Bat by Mary Roberts Rinehart was originally published in 1926. Unfortunately I found the story quite dated. The mystery was alright, but presented in a melodramatic style that quickly became too much. The background details, the settings, styles and manners of the time period were of more int...

from MrsLee

Another experiment in Golden Age authors. The main characters were enjoyable in this mystery, especially the Irish housekeeper. The mystery was sound, a bit too easy for me. Am I getting better at this because I've read so many? The villain lacked something. The author built him up to be a "super...

from pennsylady

Book group chose this 1920 work. It was a good little mystery with the feeling of masterpiece theater throughout. No need for multiple settings. I marveled at some of the word choices....such as sepulchrally and terrorization and sauvitity... The butler (Japanese) was addressed frequently in a ma...