Author A. A. Milne is best known to the world as the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh. Yet Milne was versatile, having written dozens of plays, humorous articles, books and - The Red House Mystery. In which... Mark Ablett is the massively narcissistic owner of The Red House, a beautiful English country mansion. The estate is managed mostly by Mark's side-kick and younger cousin, Cayley. As a wealthy artiste, Mark has chosen his handful of guests both to pander to his self-image and to allow him near-total control of virtually all aspects of his luxurious country house "show," as it were. In the novel's first eight hours, Milne presents a literary tour-de-force: first, the unexpected arrival of Robert, Mark's n'ere-do-well brother from Australia; second, Robert's murder; and third, Mark's own disappearance. Enter Antony Gillingham, our brilliant but modest gentleman sleuth. He arrives on a passing visit to his young friend Bill, one of Mark's house guests, who later becomes the faithful "Watson" to Antony's Holmes. Follows the juxtaposition of three distinct theories of the crime as put forward by Antony, by Mark's confidant, Cayley, and by local police Inspector Birch. It is of course Antony, with Bill's help, who solves this this delightful and extremely well-crafted mystery.

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. The Red House Mystery is a detective novel by A. A. Milne, better known for his children's writing, who wrote this book for his father in 1922. It is his only mystery novel and was very popular at the time. Mark Ablett is the amiable host of a countryhouse party to which his estranged brother, Robert, arrives from Australia. Robert is the black sheep of the family who is said to have borrowed money in the past and had written to warn of his visit. One afternoon a gunshot is heard, and Robert is found shot in the head while locked in the library, while his brother Mark has vanished. Tony Gillingham, who has arrived to visit Bill Beverley, one of the guests at the houseparty, takes it upon himself to investigate the death. Together Tony and Bill form a Holmes and Watson partnership and seek to solve the mystery in an unorthodox manner, taking over from a bumbling police force. The Red House Mystery has divided opinion on its literary merit but it remains an entertaining and intriguing read nonetheless.