The Bat by Mary Roberts Rinehart

A Novel from the Play

A notorious master criminal terrorizes a country mansion on a stormy night as a sharp-witted spinster, her skittish maid, and a roster of suspicious guests search for a hidden fortune within its walls. With lights failing, secret passages, and mounting bodies, motives collide and identities blur, drawing in a skeptical detective and an enigmatic doctor. Twists, red herrings, and dark-house chills build to a tense unmasking that reveals the culprit behind the string of robberies and murders.

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