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The Red House Mystery

By: A. A. Milne
Narrated by: Bill Wallis
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A. A. Milne is most prominently remembered as the author of the well-known Winnie-the-Pooh tales, written for his son, Christopher Robin. Milne was born in London and raised in his father's private school, Henley House, after which he attended Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge, to study mathematics.

By 1925 he had published 18 plays and three novels, including The Red House Mystery (1922). This was Milne's first and final venture into the detective and mystery genre despite its immediate success and an offer of 2,000 pounds for his next mystery novel.

The story is set in the quaint English countryside, at the house party of Mark Ablett, where a murder quickly takes place. Milne lets his readers inside the head of his amateur detective, disregarding the clichéd romance or violence of other detective novels, as the mystery becomes a puzzling sort of parlor game for the novel's characters and readers alike.

©1922 A.A. Milne (P)2015 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd Classics Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Mystery
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Perfect writing and perfect narration. What a shame AA Milne did not write a few more mystery stories.

Excellent plot

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It's well read but rather repetitive and boring. Felt quite amateurish and striving. It's saved by the narration which is soothing and helped me fall over to sleep!

Over long and rather dull

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Firstly, Bill Wallis is magnificent in his narration of this wonderful novel. Everyone knows the author as the creator of Winnie the Pooh but this story, so beautifully written, shows that he could so easily have been one of the great mystery writers of the golden era. The world can appreciate the author for the most wonderful Peruvian bear but what a loss to classic crime fiction.

Sadly, the only AA Milne mystery.

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Thoroughly enjoyable old school whodunnit. Perfect for a cosy evening. Such a shane that Milne didn't write any more!

I wish there were more!

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Very good tale and cleverly written. I enjoyed the story and the narration a great deal.

A really good mystery, excellently read

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