Window at the White Cat

By Mary Roberts Rinehart
Mary Roberts Rinehart was often called the "American Agatha Christie." She was slightly before Christie's time and this book is decidedly Edwardian. Rinehart adds a good dose of humor to this mystery but despite this I found this book to lack the deep insight and plot twists of Agatha. Nevertheless this book is well worth reading if you like mysteries.
The narrator is a lawyer named John Knox who also serves as a detective of sorts. Except nobody really solves the mystery, it kinda just solves itself. John is a thirty five year old bachelor when suddenly in walks into his office a young woman with a interesting mystery. She is the daughter of a politician and her father has mysteriously gone missing. While John tries to solve the mystery, her Aunt Jane goes missing, pearls are stolen and then her father is murdered at the sleazy night club, "The White Cat." Many intentional accidents occur and while I did suspect some of the plot it was a surprise the way whole thing came together.
On the whole this is a nice mystery with a hint of romance.
Reviewed by Elizabeth