The Red House Mystery - Softcover

Milne, A.A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0692534202 ISBN 13: 9780692534205

Publisher: Sugar Skull Press, 2015

Synopsis

''This droll whodunit from the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh sparkles with witty dialogue, deft plotting, and an amusing cast. In between taking tea and playing billiards, an amateur detective and his chum investigate their genial host's disappearance. A series of lighthearted capers ensues, replete with secret passageways, underwater evidence, and other atmospheric devices.'' GOODREADS

''Though Milne is immediately associated with Winnie-the-Pooh and pals, he nonetheless wrote a number of adult titles, including this 1922 novel in which guests at a country estate become amateur sleuths when a shooting occurs and all evidence points toward their host.'' LIBRARY JOURNAL

"...one of the three best mystery stories of all time." ALEXANDER WOLCOTT

"...an agreeable book, light, amusing in the Punch style, written with a deceptive smoothness that is not as easy as it looks." RAYMOND CHANDLER

About this title

About the Author

Alan Alexander Milne was born in Hampstead in 1882 and attended an independent school run by his father before studying mathematics at Cambridge. After university he worked as an Assistant Editor at the magazine Punch and established himself as a successful author of both plays and novels, including The Red House Mystery until, with the publication of When We Were Very Young in 1924 and Winnie-the-Pooh in 1926 his career took a very different turn. Milne continued to produce works for adults but occasionally resented the success of his children's stories, which overshadowed much of his other work. In 1952 A. A. Milne suffered a stroke after brain surgery and retired to his country home in Sussex as an invalid. He died there four years later.

From Library Journal

Though Milne is immediately associated with Winnie-the-Pooh and pals, he nonetheless wrote a number of adult titles, including this 1922 novel in which guests at a country estate become amateur sleuths when a shooting occurs and all evidence points toward their host. This edition contains a new introduction by scholar Douglas Greene.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Sugar Skull Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0692534202
• ISBN 13: 9780692534205
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 204