Mystery of the Yellow Room

A young woman is found wounded in the Yellow Room, a chamber sealed from within, every window barred, every door locked. Yet someone shot her. The killer had no way in, no way out. Now the chase is on to solve the impossible. Gaston Leroux, better known for The Phantom of the Opera, crafted something just as ingenious here: a puzzle that confounds every rational mind it meets. Detective Joseph Rouletabile enters the case, unraveling clues buried in cryptic letters and hidden passages, racing against a murderer who committed the perfect crime. First published in 1907, this novel invented the locked room mystery and influenced every detective story since. It is a masterwork of logic and illusion, a book that makes you believe in the impossible before it shows you how the impossible was done.