The Red House Mystery is a classic whodunit set in an English country house. An eclectic cast of characters are gathered in the house when the owner’s brother, recently arrived from Australia, is found murdered in a locked room. Two of the house guests take the investigation upon themselves and they wade almost playfully through the abundance of evidence and theories.
If you like Golden Age mysteries, this is a delightful book. I stumbled across it as I was doing research for one of my cozy mysteries and had to have it. In that Milne was friends with Arthur Conan Doyle and J.M. Barrie, I laughed aloud when he described one of his characters as a “Watson.” In his way, he pays homage to Doyle’s prowess, but his …
When I learned that A.A. Milne, the author of Winnie the Pooh, wrote a mystery, I was utterly fascinated. I know several authors who did beautiful things in different genres, usually coming up with unexpected ideas. I immediately decided that I wanted to read it.
The Red House Mystery is a charming story. Very classic in a Golden Age of Mystery …