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The Red House Mystery

Alan Alexander Milne

The Red House Mystery

Paper book: €26.99

Digital: €10.99

Original publication
1922
Bilingual edition
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

A shot, a dead man, a missing man. Mark Ablett, a wealthy man, gets a letter from his brother Robert, who left for Australia fifteen years ago. Robert is coming to see him that very day.

The world of the book

A summer in the English countryside. In the early 1920s, Mark Ablett, a wealthy man, has friends to stay at his house. There is an actress, a retired officer and Bill, a cheerful young man. They play golf and tennis.…

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