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Mystery of the Yellow Room (Dedalus European Classics) (Paperback)

by Gaston Leroux (Author)
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  • Paperback: 236 pages
  • Publisher: Dedalus Ltd; New edition edition (23 Oct 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1873982380
  • ISBN-13: 978-1873982389
  • Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 12.7 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 187,532 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The Mystery of the Yellow Room is one of the classics of early 20th century detective fiction. At the heart of the novel is the enigma: how could a murder take place in a locked room, which shows no sign of being entered?

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4.0 out of 5 stars Stick with it and you'll be rewarded, 21 Sep 1998
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I'm not a mystery buff, but the premise of The Mystery of the Yellow Room is intriguing. How could someone commit a crime in a sealed room, then vanish without a trace? To find out the answer, you have to have patience; Leroux feeds you with little tid-bits - just enough to keep you reading - then at long last reveals everything. This is not a book in which the detective openly discusses his ideas and connections, but that makes the end more satisfying (by which I mean you'll be hitting yourself in the forehead, saying, "why didn't I think of that?"). It's not a light read, but follow through and it's worth it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Murder Mystery Masterpiece, 24 Sep 2008
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I don't believe the other reviews here do this wonderful book justice. "The Mystery of the Yellow Room," which I have just finished reading for the second time, is one of the most enjoyable, intriguing and ingenious crime novels ever written. The first time I was probably slightly preoccupied with getting to the explanation of the locked-room mystery but the second time I was able to take it all in more and appreciate the way the final solution is set up but also impossible to guess. There's a rich array of characters and the book is cleverly put together, occasionally breaking away from its first person narrator to tell sections of the story via newspaper cuttings or transcripts. This is a popular entertainment novel (albeit one that's 100 years old), but if it is so then it is as the very highest point of the 'low' art of the who-dunnit - or more especially 'how-dunnit?' (a question so perplexing it may make you forget to ask the first, and be doubly surprised). Here is one of those rare entertainments, like certain Hitchcock's movies, that you find even more entertaining when you return it.
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4 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars 1/2 Holmes and 1/2 Poirot, a decent mystery story, 23 Aug 1998
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Often wordy and requiring a little concentration, its style is reminiscent of the author's much more popular novel, Phantom of the Opera.
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