Project Gutenberg 2010-10-02 Public domain in the USA. 114 Rinehart, Mary Roberts 1876 1958 The Window at the White Cat Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Window at the White Cat" by Mary Roberts Rinehart is a detective novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around a lawyer, John Knox, who finds himself involved in a complex case when a young woman named Margery Fleming seeks his help to locate her missing father, Allan Fleming, a state treasurer. As the narrative unfolds, it becomes clear that this case is intertwined with political intrigue and potential danger, as Margery fears for her father's safety amidst powerful adversaries. At the start of the novel, the reader is introduced to Knox's office where he receives Margery's urgent plea for assistance. Margery explains that her father has inexplicably vanished, leaving behind a series of perplexing clues that hint at a deeper mystery. Together, they explore the unsettling circumstances surrounding Allan's disappearance, which coincides with strange events in their household, including the unsettling disappearance of Miss Jane Maitland, Margery's aunt. As Knox delves into the case, he navigates through various suspects and leads, including a suspicious butler and political foes, all while encountering a disturbing handprint that marks the entrance to an unexplored attic space, suggesting dark secrets lurking just beneath the surface. Throughout this opening portion, a mix of suspense, emotional depth, and the looming threat of corruption intertwine, setting the stage for an engaging mystery. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Love stories Mystery and detective stories Political corruption -- Fiction Lawyers -- Fiction PS Text Bestsellers, American, 1895-1923 Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 421146 421169 2024-09-14T09:54:46.960398 2023-09-15T05:09:22.885783 text/html text/html 423390 2021-01-07T01:39:07 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 157875 2021-01-07T01:39:07 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 216170 2024-09-14T09:54:54.096450 application/epub+zip 221131 2024-09-14T09:54:48.695420 application/epub+zip 221130 2024-09-14T09:54:47.674452 application/epub+zip 408415 2024-09-14T09:54:58.512377 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 382996 2024-09-14T09:54:53.389394 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 383318 2022-09-15T13:09:25.059361 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 399995 399892 2024-09-14T09:54:45.783440 2023-09-15T05:09:21.757770 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 399894 2021-01-07T01:39:07 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 153545 2021-01-07T01:39:07 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 399884 2021-01-07T01:39:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 153512 2021-01-07T01:39:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21183 2024-09-14T09:54:58.660361 application/rdf+xml 12278 2024-09-14T09:54:48.034463 image/jpeg 3132 2024-09-14T09:54:47.852416 image/jpeg 212901 2024-09-14T09:54:46.997438 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