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The Red House Mystery

Alan Alexander Milne

The Red House Mystery

Paper book: €21.99

Digital: €5.99

Original publication
1922
Monolingual
12 June 2026
Pages
463
Difficulty
Easy
Genres
Crime and Thriller
Moods
Solve a mystery
Translated from
English

Book summary

One summer afternoon, in an English country house, the wealthy Mark Ablett is expecting his brother Robert, back from Australia after fifteen years away. Shortly after his arrival, a shot rings out in the locked study. Robert is found dead inside, and Mark has disappeared.

The police suspect Mark. Antony Gillingham, a visitor passing through, carries out his own investigation with his friend Bill, like Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. This detective novel is by A. A. Milne, the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh.

Logically built and told with humour, this puzzle is a pleasure to read in the language you are learning.

The plot

Et skudd, en død, en forsvunnet. Mark Ablett, en rik mann, får et brev fra broren Robert, som dro til Australia for femten år siden. Robert kommer på besøk samme dag.

The world of the book

En sommer på landet i England. Tidlig på 1920-tallet har den rike Mark Ablett venner på besøk i huset sitt: en skuespillerinne, en tidligere offiser og Bill, en blid ung mann. Man spiller golf og tennis. Mark liker å…

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