The Bat Mystery Paperback Book by Mary Roberts Rinehart from Dell Books 1970

An elite, rich, and spunky older lady rents a country house for the summer along with her skittish Irish maid and her niece. 

Some servants sort of come with the property but most soon abandon their new matron due to happenings within this large mansion. 

A converging plot concerns the homeowner (a banker) who has recently died and whose bank has just coincidentally failed -- the suspicion falls upon a youthful bank clerk who is the heart-throb of the old lady's niece.

The central plot revolves around a mysterious and effective murder/burglar dubbed by the frustrated police as The Bat and who has been operating in the vicinity of this country home. 

The subsequent happenings in the house are almost slapstick in nature, in the old lady's efforts in solving the mystery of both the infamous Bat's activities and the bank embezzlement.

Book is in acceptable condition. General shelf and corner wear. Some white marks on the front and back cover. Some fraying along the cover edges. Cover creasing. Store sticker on the back cover. A piece of tape on the spine. A solid reading copy. Please see photos for details, and let me know if you have any questions.

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