Mystery

The Mystery of the Yellow Room

by Gaston Leroux

A scream in the night, a shot, and a young woman found injured in a room locked from the inside, with her attacker nowhere to be found. Before The Phantom of the Opera, Leroux wrote this classic locked-room puzzle, solved by an eighteen-year-old reporter. The floor plans are part of the fun.

The librarian

Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain text

Reading time

About 5 hours

Where to find it

The secret bookcase in the west wing

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #1685. In the public domain in the United States.