Books by Gaston Leroux
“It’s by an author called Gaston Leroux who today is better known for The Phantom of the Opera, which he also wrote. But, in its day, The Mystery of the Yellow Room was a very, very famous locked room mystery. Rouletabille makes all these enigmatic remarks as many great detectives, particularly in the past, used to do. The Mystery of the Yellow Room was highly influential. It was greatly admired by some of the great golden age writers.” Read more...
Martin Edwards, Literary Scholar
Interviews where books by Gaston Leroux were recommended
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The Detective Stories of Edgar Allan Poe: Three Tales Featuring C. Auguste Dupin
by Edgar Allan Poe -
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The Mystery of the Yellow Room
by Gaston Leroux -
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The Third Bullet and Other Stories
by John Dickson Carr -
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Hercule Poirot's Christmas (1938)
by Agatha Christie -
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The Tokyo Zodiac Murders
by Ross and Shika Mackenzie (translators) & Soji Shimada
The Best Golden Age Mysteries, recommended by Martin Edwards
The Best Golden Age Mysteries, recommended by Martin Edwards
Partly as a response to the horrors of World War I, the 1920s and 30s saw a surge in the writing of whodunnits, a period often referred to as the ‘golden age’ of mystery writing. Here, Martin Edwards, one of the leading experts on the genre, picks out some key works, with a special focus on ‘locked room’ mysteries.
