The After House edition by Mary Roberts Rinehart Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
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Out of funds, Ralph Leslie jumps at the chance to sign aboard a luxurious yacht as steward of the After House. It was easy sailing until one summer night, when the dream voyage became a nightmare. Mary Roberts Rinehart (August 12, 1876 – September 22, 1958) was an American writer, often called the American Agatha Christie, although her first mystery novel was published 14 years before Christie's first novel in 1922. Rinehart is considered the source of the phrase "The butler did it" from her novel The Door (1930), although the novel does not use the exact phrase. Rinehart is also considered to have invented the "Had-I-But-Known" school of mystery writing, with the publication of The Circular Staircase (1908). She also created a costumed super-criminal called "the Bat", cited by Bob Kane as one of the inspirations for his "Batman".
The After House edition by Mary Roberts Rinehart Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
This was the fifth of Rinehart's full-length mysteries and appeared in 1914. Some of her books are told in third person, while some are narrated by female characters. Of the ones I've read only this one and three others (THE MAN IN LOWER TEN, SIGHT UNSEEN, and THE RED LAMP) are narrated by men. Some Rinehart fans claim that her books narrated by men are inferior, but they are some of my favorites. Go figure.The narrator of this book is a young doctor and I suspect he's modeled on the young doctor that the author married the year she graduated from nursing school. They remained married until his death decades later and their marriage produced three sons.. I think Mrs. Rinehart probably knew as much about men as it's possible for a woman to know. Young Ralph Leslie is alone in the world. He has a very new medical degree, intelligence, and good looks, but no money. A bout of typhoid fever leaves him pale and weak. No knowing what else to do, he signs on as a deckhand on a private yacht sailing to the Caribbean.
The passengers consist of the wealthy, drunken owner, his wife, her sister, an attractive socialite, and a man-about-town whom the owner suspects of having an affair with this wife. Soon there is tension between the two men and between the owner and the ship's captain. And, to complicate matters further, Leslie falls in love with the spunky young sister-in-law.
I think it's a good mystery. I remember that the first time I read it, the identity of the murderer took me completely by surprise. After re-reading it, I'm still not sure if I can accuse the author of not giving enough clues or if I was just slow on the up-take.
Rinehart was often called "the American Agatha Christie" but her mysteries are not as carefully plotted as Christie's. On the other hand, her characters are fuller and more fascinating and no one ever did a finer job of incorporating a romance into a mystery book without making me cringe. I read her books for their charm and for her incisive wit and social commentary. The mystery is just a nice bonus.
Murders at sea where there's no professional help within reach and where all of the passengers are suspects (except the victims, of course) can be tricky, but I think Rinehart pulls this one off. You feel the frustration of Dr. Leslie as he attempts to protect the other passengers (especially pretty Elsa Lee) while not certain who or what he's protecting them from. The "Ella" has been called the devil ship of the Turner Shipping Line, but no one expects this pleasure cruise to turn deadly.
It's not Rinehart's best, but it's very good. You're rooting for the young man every step of the way and it's a great sense of satisfaction when he gets the girl. You know he will, of course. Rinehart believed in marriage and was partisan enough to want to show a fledgling medico in the role of hero. Medicine was a poorly paid profession at the time, and admiration and gratitude were some times the only reimbursement the doctor got for saving lives. It's a thought-provoking look at America 100 years ago.
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The After House edition by Mary Roberts Rinehart Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks Reviews
A typical Rinehart mystery which must be read knowing the time in which it is set. I enjoy going back to a time that is so different than ours today.
This is a great fast read. A slew of murders take place upon a yacht - who is the murderer? Will the crew and passengers make it to shore alive?
As with other free eBooks in this series there are typos (misspellings and missing punctuation), and diagrams are missing. The author's descriptions of the layout of the yacht are thorough enough, however, that with a close read the diagrams are not strictly necessary.
I agree with another reviewer that this author does not give the reader enough clues to solve the mystery on their own, but this is still a very entertaining read. It had me up past my bedtime, wanting more.
This WAS a really good variation on the "locked room mystery." What more isolated place than on the open sea? Incidentally, today this type of mystery is becoming almost impossible to write because of technology, i.e. cell phones, etc.
For me, this story was much deeper than just the murders. One entire level was the constant terror everyone must have felt during every waking moment, the uncertainty of whether the person in front of them at that moment was the killer.
I do agree with another reviewer that there were absolutely no clues to the identity of the killer although there were plenty of red herrings. However, as a replier said, maybe Rinehart's goal was to simply showcase an injustice in real life. A very good read.
An interesting short suspense novel. The writing is up to Rinehart's usual standard; my only complaint is that the layout of the ship's cabin is a bit hard to figure out from her description, and the deckplan given in chapter XIX got transmuted into ASCII and so is useless.
The story is of a newly qualified doctor serving as crew on a yacht in 1911. Three people are murdered in the middle of the night, and the murderer has to be on board. The yacht returns to New York, taking a couple of weeks to get back, while everyone becomes more frantic in trying to figure out who the murderer is. It's not till after the trial that the truth is discovered. It's a very good mystery, highly recommended.
The narrator, who is also the main character, tells the story of the After House throughout the book. When they get to the trial he repeats word for word from the transcript what he has already said during the narration. At least a quarter of the book is repeated. Makes the book much longer then it has to be. This is the first Mary Roberts Rinehart book that I have read, have downloaded a few more, hope they are all not like this one.
I really like this author and think she writes every bit as well as current authors and much, much better than most.
The story isn't modern in that it isn't a mystery combined with horror and/or thriller. The pace is slow, but the tension builds nonetheless. The characters are well-rounded. They are people, not cardboard cutouts. There is murder and blood, but it isn't described down to the smell and feel.
I don't like to describe plots, but will say that if you like the sea, try this.
This was the fifth of Rinehart's full-length mysteries and appeared in 1914. Some of her books are told in third person, while some are narrated by female characters. Of the ones I've read only this one and three others (THE MAN IN LOWER TEN, SIGHT UNSEEN, and THE RED LAMP) are narrated by men. Some Rinehart fans claim that her books narrated by men are inferior, but they are some of my favorites. Go figure.
The narrator of this book is a young doctor and I suspect he's modeled on the young doctor that the author married the year she graduated from nursing school. They remained married until his death decades later and their marriage produced three sons.. I think Mrs. Rinehart probably knew as much about men as it's possible for a woman to know. Young Ralph Leslie is alone in the world. He has a very new medical degree, intelligence, and good looks, but no money. A bout of typhoid fever leaves him pale and weak. No knowing what else to do, he signs on as a deckhand on a private yacht sailing to the Caribbean.
The passengers consist of the wealthy, drunken owner, his wife, her sister, an attractive socialite, and a man-about-town whom the owner suspects of having an affair with this wife. Soon there is tension between the two men and between the owner and the ship's captain. And, to complicate matters further, Leslie falls in love with the spunky young sister-in-law.
I think it's a good mystery. I remember that the first time I read it, the identity of the murderer took me completely by surprise. After re-reading it, I'm still not sure if I can accuse the author of not giving enough clues or if I was just slow on the up-take.
Rinehart was often called "the American Agatha Christie" but her mysteries are not as carefully plotted as Christie's. On the other hand, her characters are fuller and more fascinating and no one ever did a finer job of incorporating a romance into a mystery book without making me cringe. I read her books for their charm and for her incisive wit and social commentary. The mystery is just a nice bonus.
Murders at sea where there's no professional help within reach and where all of the passengers are suspects (except the victims, of course) can be tricky, but I think Rinehart pulls this one off. You feel the frustration of Dr. Leslie as he attempts to protect the other passengers (especially pretty Elsa Lee) while not certain who or what he's protecting them from. The "Ella" has been called the devil ship of the Turner Shipping Line, but no one expects this pleasure cruise to turn deadly.
It's not Rinehart's best, but it's very good. You're rooting for the young man every step of the way and it's a great sense of satisfaction when he gets the girl. You know he will, of course. Rinehart believed in marriage and was partisan enough to want to show a fledgling medico in the role of hero. Medicine was a poorly paid profession at the time, and admiration and gratitude were some times the only reimbursement the doctor got for saving lives. It's a thought-provoking look at America 100 years ago.
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