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Mystery

At the Villa Rose

by A. E. W. Mason

A wealthy widow is murdered at her villa in Aix-les-Bains, and her companion is missing.

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First published
1910
Length
72,690 words
Reading time
About 5 hr 3 min
Language
English (UK)

About the book

When the wealthy widow Madame Dauvray is found murdered at the Villa Rose in Aix-les-Bains, suspicion falls on her young companion Celia Harland, who has gone missing—along with Dauvray’s valuable jewels. The famous French detective Inspector Hanaud is called in to solve the mystery, which involves a séance, a missing chauffeur, and a web of deceit.

A. E. W. Mason was inspired to write this story after his own stay at an inn near London, where he saw the names of two victims of a famous murder scratched into a windowpane. Inspired by that case, he incorporated other small details from other murder cases into this narrative.

First published 1910; the Read4Max reading text contains approximately 72,690 words arranged in 21 navigable sections.

About the author

A. E. W. Mason

Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (1865–1948) is described by Wikidata as British writer (1865-1948), with citizenship or national association recorded as United Kingdom and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Recorded occupations include writer, politician, novelist, and screenwriter. Languages recorded for Alfred Edward Woodley Mason include English. Open Library identifies The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel as a leading work in its author record. Open Library catalogs 253 works under this author record. The Read4Max catalog currently includes At the Villa Rose and The Four Feathers under Alfred Edward Woodley Mason's authorship.

1865–1948

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Themes and ideas

  • Fiction
  • Detective and mystery stories

Table of contents

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  1. I
  2. II
  3. III
  4. IV
  5. V
  6. VI
  7. VII
  8. VIII
  9. IX
  10. X
  11. XI
  12. XII
  13. XIII
  14. XIV
  15. XV
  16. XVI
  17. XVII
  18. XVIII
  19. XIX
  20. XX
  21. XXI
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