Reading The Circular Staircase | Alexandria
Read The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart. Descending a spiral staircase at midnight, a middle-aged woman confronts a corpse - launching a Gothic thriller that flips Victorian gender roles. In Rinehart's masterwork, the "spinster detective" proves that domestic spaces hide dark secrets, while seemingly helpless women emerge as society's shrewdest observers and most capable defenders.