<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>How could a crime take place in a locked room which shows no sign of being entered? Leroux's landmark tale of foul play and deception remains a blueprint for the detective novel genre.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>The young lady had just retired to her room when sounds of a struggle ensue, and cries of Murder! and revolver shots ring out. When her locked door is finally broken down by her father and a servant, they find the woman on the floor, badly hurt and bleeding. No one else is in the room. There is no other exit except through a barred window. How did the attacker escape?<br>First published in 1907, this intriguing and baffling tale is a classic of early 20th-century detective fiction. At the heart of the novel is a perplexing mystery: How could a crime take place in a locked room which shows no sign of being entered? Nearly a century after its initial publication, Leroux's landmark tale of foul play, deception, and unbridled ambition remains a blueprint for the detective novel genre. Written by the immortal author of <i>The Phantom of the Opera</i>, this atmospheric thriller is still a favorite of whodunit fans everywhere.<br>The finest locked room tale ever written. -- John Dickson Carr, author of <i>The Hollow Man</i>.
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