- Lord Peter Views the Body
- The Fools in Town Are on Our Side
- AFTER DARK AND OTHER STORIES
- The Daughters of Cain
- The Signalman and Other Ghost Stories
- The Well and the Shallows
- The Skeleton in the Grass
- Unholy Dying
- Tales of Long Ago
- THE GETAWAY
- Burglars Can't Be Choosers
- The Case of the Perjured Parrot
- Death on the High C's
- The Corpse at the Haworth Tandoori
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
US publication: 1907
Author: Gaston Leroux
Detective:
Genre: Novel
Plot
summary and comments:
How could a crime take place in a locked room which shows no sign of being entered? Nearly a century after its initial publication, Leroux's landmark tale of foul play, deception, and unbridled ambition remains a blueprint for the detective novel genre. This atmospheric thriller is still a favorite of whodunit fans everywhere.
::READERS REVIEWS::
Absolutely Fantastic and Bizarre - This is quite a wordy book but it is almost impossible to put
down. You have to run do what you have to do then run back and
continue. It,s that fast paced especially towards the middle of
the book. An 18 year old reporter has to figure the whole thing
out and he does a superb job. Of course now I have to find the
other two books of Leroux' to read. I hope he wrote more.
but not too many or otherwise I would never get anything done!
great book for a mystery fan - I read this book not knowing what to expect. I had read many mystery books before this one so I was pretty good at figuring out who the culprit was and how the crime was committed. The Mystery of the Yellow Room was a different story. As I was reading I tried to work out how it was done and who did it but I was stumped and I can guarentee that whoever else reads this book will be stumped as well. Ending is a great twist. This is a great mystery and I also recommend the sequel The Perfume of the Lady in Black.
::AMAZON REVIEWS::
Absolutely Fantastic and BizarreThis is quite a wordy book but it is almost impossible to put
down. You have to run do what you have to do then run back and
continue. It,s that fast paced especially towards the middle of
the book. An 18 year old reporter has to figure the whole thing
out and he does a superb job. Of course now I have to find the
other two books of Leroux' to read. I hope he wrote more.
but not too many or otherwise I would never get anything done!
great book for a mystery fanI read this book not knowing what to expect. I had read many mystery books before this one so I was pretty good at figuring out who the culprit was and how the crime was committed. The Mystery of the Yellow Room was a different story. As I was reading I tried to work out how it was done and who did it but I was stumped and I can guarentee that whoever else reads this book will be stumped as well. Ending is a great twist. This is a great mystery and I also recommend the sequel The Perfume of the Lady in Black.