♡ Title : [The Bat (Version 2 Dramatic Reading)] - by Mary Roberts Rinehart; Avery Hopwood

♡ Topics : librivox, audiobooks

♡ Summary : A Mysterious killer—Man? Beast? Or devil?—spreading terror throughout a nation, flouting law and lawless alike … Curious GOINGS-ON in a house rented immediately upon the death of its owner … A WARNING to leave the house, underlined with threats of death … A SHADOW bearing one gleaming eye [ … ] Wouldn’t You Like to Know – What happens when the indomitable Miss Van Gorder refuses to be frightened from the house of murder? What nerve-shaking word is spelled out by the Ouija board? [ … ] Who is the stranger who arrives half dead? Who is the Bat?” ~ from the ad in the book. Originally published in 1926, Rinehart's entertaining mystery offers suspense and humor, and you will see evidence of that era's Asian xenophobia and Prohibition in the United States. (Summary by Lynette Caulkins)

♡ Title and length
1 00 - Dramatis Personae - 01:41
2 01 - Chapter 1 - The Shadow of the Bat - 23:37
3 02 - Chapter 2 - The indomitable Miss Van Gorder - 28:05
4 03 - Chapter 3 - Pistol Practice - 24:01
5 04 - Chapter 4 - The Storm Gathers - 23:28
6 05 - Chapter 5 - Alopecia and Rubeola - 27:28
7 06 - Chapter 6 - Detective Anderson Takes Charge - 23:57
8 07 - Chapter 7 - Cross-Questions and Crooked Answers - 20:18
9 08 - Chapter 8 - The Gleaming Eye - 24:29
10 09 - Chapter 9 - A Shot in the Dark - 20:52
11 10 - Chapter 10 - The Phone Call from Nowhere - 23:21
12 11 - Chapter 11 - Billy Practices Jiu-Jitsu - 21:52
13 12 - Chapter 12 - "I Didn't Kill Him." - 22:03
14 13 - Chapter 13 - The Blackened Bag - 24:04
15 14 - Chapter 14 - Handcuffs - 20:24
16 15 - Chapter 15 - The Sign of the Bat - 27:26
17 16 - Chapter 16 - The Hidden Room - 14:15
18 17 - Chapter 17 - Anderson Makes an Arrest - 16:38
19 18 - Chapter 18 - The Bat Still Flies - 18:06
20 19 - Chapter 19 - Murder on Murder - 19:56
21 20 - Chapter 20 - "He Is -- The Bat!" - 09:47
22 21 - Chapter 21 - Quite a Collection - 05:25

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