The Door

Author  Mary Roberts Rinehart Introduction by  Otto Penzler
The Door

An old woman suspects her own household staff of murder in this classic mystery by the author known as the American Agatha Christie.

Elizabeth Bell runs a quiet household, with no family and no more than the usual number of servants. She passes her time thinking about crime and working on her biography of a relative. When a young cousin comes to stay, life in the house becomes uncharacteristically lively. First, cousin Judy burns a hole in Miss Bell’s desk. Next, they spy a burglar on the staircase—a shadowy figure who vanishes without a trace. And finally, Sarah, the nurse, takes the dogs for a walk and never returns.

But these mysterious goings-on take a dark turn when the vanished woman is…