The Red House Mystery

A classic whodunnit novel by A. A. Milne. Milne’s only mystery novel, the book is written in the style of a locked room mystery. During a house party at an English country house, Mark Ablett hosts a collection of archetypal characters, including a widow and her daughter, a retired military officer, a playboy, and an actress. After Ablett’s estranged brother, Robert, returns from Australia, Robert is found shot dead. Tony Gillingham takes it upon himself to solve the murder. Alan Alexander Milne was best known for creating Winnie-the-Pooh.