The Red House Mystery (1922) – A. A. Milne Free Audiobook

Written by A. A. Milne
Read by Bill Wallis
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Publisher: Bolinda audio, 2015
Duration: 06hrs 40min

“Like all really nice people, you have a weakness for detective stories…The least that I can do is write you one.” So wrote A. A. Milne to his father, to whom he dedicated this delectable mystery.

Mark Ablett’s stately mansion, the Red House, is filled with very proper guests when his most improper brother returns from Australia. The prodigal brother enters Mark’s study, the parlor maid hears arguing, and the brother dies—rather suddenly, with a bullet between his eyes. The study is locked from the inside, and Mark is missing!

Investigating the crime is wealthy Antony Gillingham, who rivals Sherlock Holmes in his remarkable powers of observation. His friend, Bill Beverley, a cheerful young man in white flannels, aids him. Echoes of Christopher Robin and his friends chime nostalgically throughout this charming classic of detection!

Between games of billiards and bowls, the taking of tea, and other genteel pursuits, Gillingham and Beverley explore the possibilities in a light-hearted series of capers involving secret passageways, underwater evidence, and other atmospheric devices.

Sparkling with witty dialogue, deft plotting, and an intriguing cast of characters, this rare gem will charm mystery lovers, Anglophiles, and general readers alike.

I love locked-room mysteries. Oh to see John Dickson Carr stand-alones recorded. He was a master at it.