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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aRinehart, Mary Roberts,
_d1876-1958
245 1 4 _aThe Case of Jennie Brice
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2004
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Case_of_Jennie_Brice
500 _aRelease date is 2004-02-01
508 _aProduced by Audrey Longhurst and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders
520 _a"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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aDetective and mystery stories
653 _aMurder -- Fiction
653 _aBoardinghouses -- Fiction
653 _aActors and actresses -- Fiction
700 1 _aBracker, M. Leone,
_d1885-1937
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11127
999 _c52574
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