In which wealthy spinster Cornelia Van Gorder discovers a mystery ...

... at her rented summer home. Is it that dreaded criminal The Bat? We're beginning a new book at Forgotten Classics: The Bat by Mary Roberts Rinehart.

We also try to live up to noble standards already set for this book, which was released in 1933 as one of the earliest talking book recordings. The Bat was also one of Bob Kane's inspirations for Batman. Find out for yourself why this mystery was so popular.