The Mystery of the Yellow Room

De: Gastón Leroux

Narrado por: Simon Vance

The Mystery of the Yellow Room is Gaston Leroux's masterpiece, and it turned out to be his most successful book during his lifetime. It is one of the classics of early twentieth century detective fiction.

At the heart of the novel is this enigma: how could a murder take place inside a locked room that shows no sign of being entered? The novel is also about the rivalry between the detective Frederick Larson and a young investigative journalist, Rouletabille, to solve the case. Larson finds a suspect who is put on trial, only to have him cleared by Rouletabille, who reveals in the most dramatic fashion the identity of the real murderer.

This atmospheric thriller is still a favorite of whodunit fans everywhere.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

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You will never guess the ending

One of the most enjoyable locked room mysteries I’ve ever heard. Nobody, no matter how smart you are can deduce the outcome which makes this a must read for mystery lovers. 116 years and this book still bamboozles the reader til the very end 10/10 would definitely read again

great performance, mediocre story

this started out very well, with an interesting puzzle at its center, but it would have been better as a short story. it dragged considerably in the last few hours since at least 3 people were in possession of all or most of the answers but just refused to tell anyone, which makes for a very frustrating story. it also wasn't a "fair play" mystery, since when explanations were provided, they inevitably involved considerable background information that the reader was not privy to. as a finishing touch to the general frustration, our detective proudly tells us that he allowed the murderer to escape since "I'm not a policeman or an executioner - I'm a journalist". i don't know if this is a time period or cultural difference, but it just left me rooting for him to be arrested as an accessory. so overall, a promising and interesting setup that just petered out.

Five star narrator, three star story

Is there anything you would change about this book?

If I could change anything it would be the lack of character development. The plot is so involved that the characters are barely fleshed out.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

The most interesting aspect of the story was the secret of the heroine, Mathilde Stangerson, and why she is shielding the suspect of the crime. The least interesting is all the side stories that they take to get to the end of the mystery.

Have you listened to any of Simon Vance’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Simon Vance is always a fabulous narrator and this is right up there with others I have listened to.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

No

Missing Pieces ???

Having listened to the Audible edition, I realized early on that I would not have access to the floor plan or other diagrams ... Audible allowed *.pdf files to be downloaded for many titles I own. Why not this one?

A very rapid read.

The twists and turns of plot were good. It was hard to keep straight players since they had French names.