This ebook features a new introduction by Otto Penzler and has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices. A genre-defining novel, The Mystery of the Yellow Room follows the investigation step by step, with thorough descriptions of the crime scene to allow the reader access to the same opaque clues to the crime that the detectives have. The only trace of her assailant is a large, bloody handprint on the wall.Īt a loss, the chief of the Sûreté telegraphs for the famous detective Frédéric Larsan to be assigned to the seemingly unsolvable case. The scientist’s revolver removed from its cabinet and sealed in the room with her.
Published in 1928 by Charles Scribners Sons, this copy is in good condition. At the heart of the novel is a perplexing. The poor young lady unconscious, covered with blood, violent marks on her throat and a wound at her temple. The story is wonderfully entertaining, but the Art Deco book design is exquisite. First published in 1907, this intriguing and baffling tale is a classic of early 20th-century detective fiction. A locked chamber, windows barred, no one hiding inside. The world-famous locked-room mystery from a master of detective fictionĪ frightful act of malice committed in Paris: the dastardly attempted assassination of the daughter of a famed scientist who was working late in his laboratory with an assistant when the attack took place in the adjacent room.
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