- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: Methuen Publishing Ltd; New edition edition (5 May 1983)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0413520404
- ISBN-13: 978-0413520401
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,087,421 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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`A detective comedy of pronounced élan and ingenuity'
--TLS --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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A classic crime story from the world famous author of Winnie-the-Pooh, beautifully re-issued for a whole new audience of Milne fans and crime lovers alike. The perfect stocking filler this Christmas.
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In the drowsy heat of the summer afternoon the Red House was taking its siesta. Read the first page
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Crisp writing, a delightful, and gentle murder-mystery - if such a thing is possible. None of the gruesome descriptions so prevalent in current writers, but an intellectual puzzle, well crafted and thought out.
Much could be said, but it simply is a classic in the genre - all the usual suspects, murder in the study and secret passages - but Milne manages to avoid it being cliched. And he also manages to subtly poke a little fun at the whole genre on the way through.
If you like Dorothy Sayers you'll like this.
Nicely produced externally, although I thought the print inside wasnt as crisp as it could have been. It certainly looks the part.
Much could be said, but it simply is a classic in the genre - all the usual suspects, murder in the study and secret passages - but Milne manages to avoid it being cliched. And he also manages to subtly poke a little fun at the whole genre on the way through.
If you like Dorothy Sayers you'll like this.
Nicely produced externally, although I thought the print inside wasnt as crisp as it could have been. It certainly looks the part.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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The best bit of the book is AA Milne's introduction: lively and witty. The actual book is enjoyable, but, as the writer wasn't really taking it seriously, the tongue-in-cheek style became a bit tiresome. I am reminded how good Agatha Christie's books are when I read an author trying to emulate or satirize the genre.
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The Red House Mystery is a well written and entertaining who dunnit by a well known literary figure. The name AA Milne will of course bring straight to mind Winnie the Pooh but this is not a children's book. It is a well plotted and described murder mystery with well drawn characters.
We have our amateur sleuth who decides to in the words of the author "play Sherlock Holmes" when a murder is committed at the Red House of the title and has his friend play his loyal Watson.
There is a full cast of interesting characters and as with any good mystery secret passages, baffled policemen and red herrings aplenty all set in wonderfully described country landscape.
It's a shame that Milne only wrote the one murder mystery, his grasp of the genre was excellent and this book stands up easily against the best of the rest like Christie, Sayers, Allingham, Marsh and Wallace to name a few.
At only 210 pages the Red House Mystery is not long but is a very enjoyable read and I would recommend it highly to those who enjoy reading books from the golden age of crime fiction.
We have our amateur sleuth who decides to in the words of the author "play Sherlock Holmes" when a murder is committed at the Red House of the title and has his friend play his loyal Watson.
There is a full cast of interesting characters and as with any good mystery secret passages, baffled policemen and red herrings aplenty all set in wonderfully described country landscape.
It's a shame that Milne only wrote the one murder mystery, his grasp of the genre was excellent and this book stands up easily against the best of the rest like Christie, Sayers, Allingham, Marsh and Wallace to name a few.
At only 210 pages the Red House Mystery is not long but is a very enjoyable read and I would recommend it highly to those who enjoy reading books from the golden age of crime fiction.
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A little dull and disappointing
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