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The Red House Mystery

By: A. A. Milne
Narrated by: Bill Wallis
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A. A. Milne is most prominently remembered as the author of the well-known Winnie-the-Pooh tales, written for his son, Christopher Robin. Milne was born in London and raised in his father's private school, Henley House, after which he attended Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge, to study mathematics.

By 1925 he had published 18 plays and three novels, including The Red House Mystery (1922). This was Milne's first and final venture into the detective and mystery genre despite its immediate success and an offer of 2,000 pounds for his next mystery novel.

The story is set in the quaint English countryside, at the house party of Mark Ablett, where a murder quickly takes place. Milne lets his readers inside the head of his amateur detective, disregarding the clichéd romance or violence of other detective novels, as the mystery becomes a puzzling sort of parlor game for the novel's characters and readers alike.

©1922 A.A. Milne (P)2015 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd Classics Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Mystery

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It's well read but rather repetitive and boring. Felt quite amateurish and striving. It's saved by the narration which is soothing and helped me fall over to sleep!

Over long and rather dull

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I saw this in the sale and decided to add it to my purchase and am glad I did. The story is a good 'who done it' .You may easily guess the culprit,but the reason and twists are good. Excellent narration by Bill Wallis

Enjoyable listen

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I hadn’t come across this one - but a real gem of a story and nicely narrated.

What a surprise

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Firstly, Bill Wallis is magnificent in his narration of this wonderful novel. Everyone knows the author as the creator of Winnie the Pooh but this story, so beautifully written, shows that he could so easily have been one of the great mystery writers of the golden era. The world can appreciate the author for the most wonderful Peruvian bear but what a loss to classic crime fiction.

Sadly, the only AA Milne mystery.

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Thoroughly enjoyable old school whodunnit. Perfect for a cosy evening. Such a shane that Milne didn't write any more!

I wish there were more!

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A fun whodunnit, no superfluous nonsense and so much better because of it. Well read.

A good fun whodunnit

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Very good tale and cleverly written. I enjoyed the story and the narration a great deal.

A really good mystery, excellently read

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I came upon this by accident and was so glad I did. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and although I guessed a small part of the plot I really enjoyed the explanation of the who and why etc. at the end. It is a pity that there no more written by A.A.Milne as I would have had another favourite author along with Agatha Christie to listen to.

Brilliant

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Great example of it's genre, light hearted and quick paced. Nice but simply drawn characters, complex but unsubtle plot, more twists than a curly whirly. Nicely read too.
If it wasn't for Winnie the Pooh he might have written more!

Winnie the Pooh has a lot to answer for.

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So enjoyed this book, what a shame it is the only detective type that A.A.Milne wrote. I couldn't figure out 'who done it' until the end.

Lots of twists and turns in the storyline. A good page turner.

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