"Like all really nice people, you have a weakness for detective stories, and feel that there are not enough of them. So, after all that you have done for me, the least that I can do for you is to write you one."

What happens when a host disappears in the middle of his own house party? At the Red House, guests are left puzzled when their host Mark Ablett vanishes without a trace. Fortunately, amateur detective Tony Gillingham is on the case. Alongside his friend Bill Beverley, he investigates their host's connection to a suspicious shooting in the manor house. As the clues start to pile up, will the two sleuths uncover the secrets of Red House before it's too late?

Best known for his immensely popular children's characters, A.A. Milne's locked-room caper is the author's only published mystery novel. An immediate success on its release in 1922, The Red House Mystery is a lighthearted take on the English country house whodunit.

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