description: Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958) was an American author of hundreds of short stories, poems, travelogues and special articles. Some of her very successful books and plays, such as "The Bat" (1920) were adapted for movies. While many of her books were best-sellers, critics were most appreciative of her murder mysteries. She also coined the famous phrase "The butler did it."
language: English
title: The Bat
titlecomplete: The Bat
characters: Billy the gardener, Dale Ogden, Lizzie Allen (The Bat), The Bat, Detective Anderson, Cornelia Van Gorder
genres: Fiction, Gothic, Mystery, Thriller, Golden Age Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Horror, Classics, Crime, Audiobook
ratings_count: 955
publisher: Wildside Press