The Window at the White Cat

Written by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Narrated by LibriVox Community

When a clumsy, well-meaning lawyer gets involved with a pair of delightful old maids and a beautiful girl, he must acquire some of the skills of his friends the detective and the newspaperman to solve the puzzle of The White Cat. That’s the name of a back-street political club serving beers, political favors and, occasionally, murder. (Introduction by Robert Keiper)

• Language: English
• Publisher: LibriVox
• Release date: Aug 25, 2014

Mary Roberts Rinehart

Often referred to as the American Agatha Christie, Mary Roberts Rinehart was an American journalist and writer who is best known for the murder mystery The Circular Staircase—considered to have started the “Had-I-but-known” school of mystery writing—and the popular Tish mystery series. A prolific writer, Rinehart was originally educated as a nurse, but turned to writing as a source of income after the 1903 stock market crash. Although primarily a fiction writer, Rinehart served as the Saturday Evening Post’s correspondent for from the Belgian front during the First World War, and later published a series of travelogues and an autobiography. Roberts died in New York City in 1958.

Reviews for The Window at the White Cat

[BettyinTexas · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

after a slow start this one really picked up the pace. I don't think I would call it believable, but while reading it, I found it absorbing, witty, and full of realistic characters. It is a treat to find Rinehart. I look forward to more of her light mystery stories.

[Caroline Gold · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

A little wordy, and I personally didn't find any of the characters particularly likeable.

[King Waters · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Excellent narration. Thanks for a long job, well done. Miss Rinehart is now little read.