The Red House Mystery

De: A. A. Milne

Narrado por: William Sutherland

"Like all really nice people, you have a weakness for detective stories.... After all that you have done for me, the least that I can do is write one." So wrote A. A. Milne, beloved creator of Winnie the Pooh, to his father, to whom he dedicated this delectable mystery.

Mark Ablett's stately mansion, the Red House, is filled with very proper guests when his most improper brother returns from Australia. The prodigal brother enters Mark's study, the parlor maid hears arguing and the brother dies...rather suddenly, with a bullet between the eyes. The study is locked from the inside and Mark is missing!

Investigating the crime is wealthy Antony Gillingham, who rivals Sherlock Holmes in his remarkable powers of observation. He is aided by the perfect Watson, his friend Bill Beverley, a cheerful young man in white flannels. Echoes of Christopher Robin and his friends chime nostalgically throughout this charming classic of detection!

Public Domain (P)1999 Blackstone Audiobooks

What fun

The writing and cadence is very much A. A. Milne, but the story is a gem. I guessed a bit of it early, but the unfolding was delicious and I didn’t guess the ending. The characters were just full enough to be interesting. The narrator was gifted but did little to change voices. The story did that. Too bad it is a one and done.

Great overall. Narrator difficult to understand

This was very good overall and the narration was engaging, if difficult to understand due to lack of annunciation. Famous voice though, slso one knows what they are getting into.

Interesting work by A.A. Milne

Being an old fan of A.A. Milne, I was intrigued to learn that he wrote a mystery. I enjoy vintage mysteries like this one because they capture an era that my grandparents lived in and I like to imagine what their lives may have like back then.. This is in some ways a classic "country house" mystery, but it has some quirky, fun elements to it. William Sutherland is the perfect narrator, with his rich, nuanced voice that also has the gentility and intelligence that the story's characters aspire to.

English mystery

I had never heard of this book, until just recently. I was pleasantly surprised to find it. I had such a great time listening to this title. A. A. Milne was an amazing author. Such talent is rare. He so well known for his children's books and I wish everyone knew about this title.

Didn’t like the narrator

It was a pleasant story, even though predictable. It would have been much more enjoyable to listen too if the narrator was easier to listen too. I was able to finish listening because I wanted to hear how it ended. A good cozy mystery if you don’t mind listening.

Best detective story ever!

I've read mysteries by many authors, but this is my new favorite. Milne gives us enough clues so that at the end we say "of course!" but conceals enough that it is practically impossible to solve. The references to Sherlock Holmes emphasize the story's superiority.
I thoroughly enjoyed the narrator; he sounds so extremely British and is excellent at communicating correctly the emotions of the characters.
One note- you have to concentrate more than usual to follow all the dialogue in this story.

Good story line, narration choppy

Enjoyable story, loved the setting and descriptions. Pictured it perfectly in my mind. Narration was choppy and would fade from quiet to loud and back. Also monotone Narrator.

Horrible Narration

This may well be a fantastic book but the narrator sounds like he has marbles in his mouth! I couldn’t get through chapter two before figuring out even if I had listened to the whole thing, I would not know anymore about this book but what the summary said.

A fun mystery

Excellent stuff - as another reviewer commented, it's good to see the detective doing so much legwork to back up his theories! The ending comes off as a tad rushed, but the characters, overall plot, and the narration more than make up for that.

Good story terrible narrator

I could not fully enjoy this book because of the narrator. He was unable to change his voice for any character so most of the time I couldn't tell who was speaking because they all sound the same. His voice sounds like he was mumbling throughout the whole book, sluring his words together so sometimes it was difficult to understand what he was saying. If you can get over his voice the story is pretty good and enjoyable. But I would honestly skip this version and get another with an different narrator.