The Red House Mystery

Oct 31, 2024 1:27 PM

Author:A. A. Milne

Classic crime, at its very best.

With a new introduction by Gyles Brandreth.

The Red House is a country residence far removed from the world of the Hundred Acre Wood but its story has much of the same charm and wit. There is, of course, a murder, and when the local police fail to solve the crime, an amateur sleuth readily steps in. What follows is a delightful whodunnit with humour, excitement and a suitably surprising twist at the end.

A. A. Milne loved detective stories and pays homage to Sherlock Holmes in his detective - the clever and charismatic Anthony Gillingham- and his assistant, Bill Beverley. This is classic crime at its very best.

'I love his writing' P.G.Wodehouse

Reviews

I love his writing

—— P.G.Wodehouse

This is crime writing at its unputdownable, nerve-tingling best

—— Harlan Coben

Richly drawn hospital scenes . . . Chilling science . . . and breathless ER-style pacing . . . A quick, delightfully scary read

—— People

[Gerritsen] has an imagination . . . so dark and frightening that she makes Edgar Allan Poe . . . seem like goody-two-shoes

—— Chicago Tribune

A truly original read, transcending many of the usual boundaries found in fiction

—— Scotland on Sunday

Its playful, imaginative charge is constantly undercut by the subcutaneous presence of psychological damage and the darkness that emerges as innocence gives way to experience

—— Metro

A brilliant, deeply unsettling thriller which promises to be among the best reads of this year

—— Daily Mail

A weird, beautiful scary slice of British magic realism

—— Herald

Myerson is a master of suggestion and builds up the suspense layer by layer

—— Irish Times

Fans of Julie Myerson will adore this, the latest edition to Myerson's very own sub-genre within the broader class of 'novels of the uncanny'

—— Financial Times

A beguiling story

—— Independent on Sunday

A sinister, beguiling tale that brilliantly evokes a childhood world

—— Woman and Home

Brilliant and nightmarish, this modern fairytale is beautifully written

—— Eve Magazine

Phantom will maintain Jo Nesbo’s unstoppable momentum.

—— The Independent

The king of Nordic crime – and his haunted protagonist Harry Hole – returns with this tightly plotted thriller which pitches Hole deep into the murky underworld of Oslo’s heroin market.

—— Metro

Jo Nesbo is at the top of his game... The must-read thriller of 2012.

—— Bella

Phantom leaves us reeling, with a storyline and ending that hurts us almost as much as it hurts the protagonists... The twists and turns show Nesbo at his complicated, yet utterly accessible best, and Hole at his undeniably brilliant but self-destructive worst.

—— The List

Jo Nesbo is a master of his craft. His latest novel, Phantom, is world-class crime writing. Phantom is a crime novel that pleases on every level.

—— Dagbladet (Norway)

Harry Hole is back only to find that the case he wants to investigate is already closed

—— Observer

Jo Nesbo has done it again with Phantom, his seventh gripping novel featuring Inspector Harry Hole... Tense and compulsive Phantom will have you jumping out of your seat

—— Hannah Britt , Daily Express

King of Scandinavian crime... A writer at the top of his game

—— Deirdre O’Brien , Sunday Mirror

Riveting reading from page one

—— My Weekly

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