thanks for the suggestion, i will add Anna Katherine Green to my list as well. i'm not afraid of stilted language, if the story is good i can usually get past it.
i think i will start with Rinehart though, she sounds good to me ! (but first i have to finish my current book). i just made an imp format of
"The Man in Lower Ten" so i will be starting with that.
i read her bio on wikipedia ; she sounds like an amazing woman, i'm glad to have found out about her. i can't beleive there was another agatha christie out there all this time and i never heard of her.