Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 160 Rinehart, Mary Roberts 1876 1958 Bracker, M. Leone 1885 1937 The Case of Jennie Brice Produced by Audrey Longhurst and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders "The Case of Jennie Brice" by Mary Roberts Rinehart is a murder mystery novel written in the early 20th century. The story is set against the backdrop of a devastating flood in Pittsburgh, where the main character, a landlady named Pitman, becomes embroiled in a perplexing case involving her boarders, the Ladleys, particularly focusing on the disappearance of Jennie Brice, a local actress. As the floodwaters rise and tensions mount, Pitman finds herself uncovering secrets that suggest something sinister might have occurred. The opening of the novel introduces us to Pitman, who recounts the recent flooding and the return of memories from a prior flood five years earlier, intertwining them with the troubling dynamics between her tenants, Mr. Ladley and his wife, Jennie Brice. The narrative swiftly establishes an atmosphere of impending doom as we learn of the Ladleys' fights and the mysterious presence of a visitor on the night Jennie disappears. Clues quickly pile up, including a slipper belonging to Jennie and a knife from Pitman's belongings, heightening the intrigue and tension. The reader is drawn into the unfolding drama filled with questions about Jennie's fate, further complicated by the unsettled lives of the characters around her. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Detective and mystery stories Murder -- Fiction Boardinghouses -- Fiction Actors and actresses -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 231448 230633 2024-09-05T07:41:39.581510 2023-10-05T08:20:08.140997 text/html text/html 228216 2006-03-25T20:10:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 358158 2006-03-25T20:10:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 421470 2024-09-05T07:41:44.760465 application/epub+zip 425993 2024-09-05T07:41:40.918504 application/epub+zip 141499 2024-09-05T07:41:40.079526 application/epub+zip 544902 2024-09-05T07:41:47.759951 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 524818 2024-09-05T07:41:44.217499 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 235476 2022-09-05T11:48:35.844585 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 214884 214817 2024-09-05T07:41:38.841527 2023-10-05T08:20:07.513974 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 216185 2006-03-25T20:10:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 80087 2006-03-25T20:10:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 217386 2006-03-25T20:10:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 80544 2006-03-25T20:10:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21321 2024-09-05T07:41:47.906949 application/rdf+xml 10911 2024-09-05T07:41:40.450524 image/jpeg 2958 2024-09-05T07:41:40.257505 image/jpeg 414690 2024-09-05T07:41:39.615515 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia