The Bat & The Circular Staircase
Miss Cornelia Van Gorder Mystery NovelsBy Mary Roberts Rinehart
Length15h 7m
About this audiobook
"The Bat" – Elderly, single Cornelia Van Gorder is renting an old, isolated Long Island mansion owned by the estate of Courtleigh Fleming, a bank president who had reportedly died several months before. On a stormy evening, the electricity flickers on and off. Most of the servants, convinced that the house is haunted, have made excuses and fled. According to a news report, a mysterious criminal known as "the Bat" has eluded police in the area. "The Circular Staircase" – Rachel Innes is a spinster who has had custody of her orphaned niece and nephew since they were children. Halsey and Gertrude talk Rachel into renting a house in the country for the summer. The first night Rachel is there, there is a mysterious trespasser and something falls down the stairs in the middle of the night. The second night, after Halsey and Gertrude have arrived, there is a murder, and Halsey and the friend he has brought to stay disappear. Halsey returns a few days later, without his friend and without an explanation, but by then many other developments have occurred, to the chagrin of the residents.
Audiobook details
GenreMystery and Thriller
Length15 hrs 7 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 20, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1I Take a Country House
29A Scrap of Paper
2A Link Cuff-Button
30When Churchyards Yawn
3Mr. John Bailey Appears
31Between Two Fireplaces
4Where is Halsey?
32Anne Watson's Story
5Gertrude's Engagement
33At the Foot of the Stairs
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6In the East Corridor
34The Odds and Ends
7A Sprained Ankle
35Chapter One. The Shadow of the Bat
8The Other Half of the Line
36Chapter Two. The Indomitable Miss Van Gorder
9Just Like a Girl
37Chapter Three. Pistol Practice
10The Traders' Bank
38Chapter Four. The Storm Gathers
11Halsey Makes a Capture
39Chapter Five. Alopecia and Rubeola
12One Mystery for Another
40Chapter Six. Detective Anderson Takes Charge
13Louise
41Chapter Seven. Cross-Questions and Crooked Answers
14An Egg-Nog and a Telegram
42Chapter Eight. The Gleaming Eye
15Liddy Gives the Alarm
43Chapter Nine. A Shot in the Dark
16In the Early Morning
44Chapter Ten. The Phone Call from Nowhere
17A Hint of Scandal
45Chapter Eleven. Billy Practices Jiu-Jitsu
18A Hole in the Wall
46Chapter Twelve. "I Didn't Kill Him."
19Concerning Thomas
47Chapter Thirteen. The Blackened Bag
20Doctor Walker's Warning
48Chapter Fourteen. Handcuffs
21Fourteen Elm Street
49Chapter Fifteen. The Sign of the Bat
22A Ladder Out of Place
50Chapter Sixteen. The Hidden Room
23While the Stables Burned
51Chapter Seventeen. Anderson Makes an Arrest
24Flinders
52Chapter Eighteen. The Bat Still Flies
25A Visit from Louise
53Chapter Nineteen. Murder on Murder
26Halsey's Disappearance
54Chapter Twenty. "He Is—The Bat!"
27Who is Nina Carrington?
55Chapter Twenty-One. Quite a Collection
28A Tramp and the Toothache
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