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Journalist Joseph Rouletabille, along with his friend Sainclair (narrator of the tale), is sent to investigate an attack on a young woman, Mathilde Stangerson, daughter of the owner, at the Château du Glandier. Oddly, Stangerson was attacked with the doors locked on the inside. So who did it?
One of the 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up.
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One of the 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up.
Read for Paris in July 2022. ...more
French Holmes and Watson. Brilliant eighteen year old, pipe-smoking, news reporter - Rouletabille - along with his lawyer friend, Jean Sainclair, solve a locked-room mystery. Published in 1908, this book had to be an influence for other writers in this genre. This book is ranked among the top of the subgenre 'locked-room mystery' genre.
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