The Red House Mystery |
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The Red House Mystery is a novel by A. A. Milne about the mysterious death of Robert Ablett inside the house of his brother, Mark Ablett while there was a party taking place. It’s a whodunit novel with a simple story that's skilfully told.
Milne is best known for his works about Winnie the Pooh, but before he became famous for telling stories about this teddy bear, he also garnered praise for “The Red House Mystery.” The novel was set during a house party in the mansion home of Mark Ablett known as the “red house.” Mark had many guests in the party including a widow and his daughter, an actress and a young man named Bill. While the party was going on, Mark’s long-lost brother Robert arrived in the house and shortly after was found dead. Then suddenly the guests noticed that Mark had disappeared. Anthony Gillingham, a very interesting man who just went to the house to call on his friend Bill acted as the “investigator” to the crime. The two “detectives,” Antony and Bill went on to “investigate” the crime and find out who committed it. It will be up to the readers to categorize who among them is Watson and who is Holmes.
Milne did an excellent work of telling the story in a very light and entertaining way. Readers will like this book not because of originality or a complicated plot that’s found in other mystery novels. They’ll enjoy reading it because of the interesting characters and the humour contained in the story. This is a good read for people who are looking for a mystery novel that’s a light hearted enjoyable book to read. |
Genres for this book |
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Fiction |
Literature |
Mystery |
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Reviews (Rated: 5 Stars - 18 reviews) |
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Reviewer: Maria G - June 2, 2021 Subject: The Red House Mystery What a delight! The creator or Winnie the Pooh is a wonderful mystery writer. And the reader is top notch, too! A great combination. Highly recommend! |
Reviewer: Nina - July 12, 2020 Subject: The Red House Mystery Excellent reading. I chose this book for my aunt as her first audio book experience. She loved it - particularly because the voice is measured and easy to listen to, as well adding variation of tone etc for characters. Many readers are too fast or breathy for older or hearing impaired listeners. |
Reviewer: Liz - November 2, 2019 Subject: The Red House mystery Love mystery books so much. Especially this one. |
Reviewer: dg - July 25, 2018 As has been said, it's a light-hearted mystery. I was extremely surprised to know A.A.Milne wrote something other than children's books. The narrator was good except "Bill" was given a rather girlish voice even for being read by a female. |
Reviewer: Linda - 16 June 2017 - June 16, 2017 Subject: The Red House Mystery Very enjoyable. Well read. |
Reviewer: Maggs - March 20, 2017 Subject: The Red House Mystery Thoroughly enjoyed this, and the person reading the story was excellent. What a shame that A A Milne wasn't such a prolific writer of Mystery Stories as Agatha Cristie, as I thoroughly enjoyed his style of writing. |
Reviewer: Diane 4/9/16 - September 4, 2016 Subject: The red house.mystery Very well read, at a good pace,interesting old fashioned mystery, Loved it! |
Reviewer: sue - March 13, 2016 great reader and story!! |
Reviewer: Simone - March 5, 2016 I picked this book after listening to the intro. I really liked the narrators voice and enjoyed the way she was reading. Very good book, would definitely recommend it. |
Reviewer: Angela - February 11, 2016 the reader does the narration so well. And the story is good too |
Reviewer: Ray - February 2, 2016 Subject: The best reader I loved this book and the reader made it even moré enjoyable, I'll look for more books read by her. |
Reviewer: Judy - September 1, 2015 Subject: The Red House Very good reading of an excellent story! Milne is more than Winnie the Pooh! |
Reviewer: Lena - January 15, 2015 Subject: Excellent! Great story and great reader. Highly recommended. Story has reasonable pace and is quite smooth. When comes to the narrator, I will try to find more books by her as I really enjoy her narration style. |
Reviewer: Eva - February 5, 2014 I love mystery stories, Thank u! |
Reviewer: Tita - December 3, 2013 Pulls you in to solve the mystery....Surprised with the ending. Good story! |
Reviewer: Julie - October 25, 2013 Very we'll read and written. I highly recommend this book. Excellent murder mystery! |
Reviewer: Patricia - September 17, 2013 Subject: Well done I liked it very much.Excellent reader. Good story. |
Reviewer: Simon - April 17, 2013 Subject: Top notch I really enjoyed this book. The reading is excellent and the plot is well paced. A fun mystery that doesn't take itself too seriously. |