Folio Society Published Works Number 3357
Milne, A A - The Red House Mystery
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Milne, A A - The Red House Mystery (Published in by The Folio Society in 2016. From the pen that brought you Winnie-the-Pooh and When We Were Very Young comes this tale of murder, deceit, jealousy and croquet. When ne'er-do-well Robert Ablett is found dead at his brother's idyllic country house a crime of passion or an unfortunate accident seem the most obvious explanations. But to dapper would-be sleuth Antony Gillingham, the death – and the baffling disappearance of the man of the house – suggests a far stranger story. Eagerly assisted by his friend Bill Beverley – the Watson to his Holmes – Gillingham sets out to discover the truth. This was A. A. Milne's first and last – though successful – true venture into crime writing, a genre for which he declared a passion. This edition features an introduction by Milne's biographer Ann Thwaite, and Milne's own original 1926 introduction. Mark Thomas, whose work also appears in the Folio editions of The Floating Admiral and The Princess Bride, has created a series of stylish colour images, as well as integrated black and white illustrations. Also new to this edition is a plan of the eponymous house, devised by Thwaite and drawn by Thomas. Bound in blocked cloth. Set in Goudy Old Style with Aphasia display. 224 pages. Illustrated title page with motif, 5 colour illustrations, and 9 integrated black & white illustrations. Printed endpapers. Lightweight slipcase. 9" x 6.25". )
