
A chilling night at the isolated Château du Glandier erupts into a baffling crime: a brilliant professor is attacked in his laboratory while his daughter lies asleep in the adjoining Yellow Room, a space sealed from the outside. The door is locked, the windows barred, yet the assailant vanishes without a trace, leaving the household and the authorities perplexed.
Enter Joseph Rouletabille, an eighteen‑year‑old reporter with a razor‑sharp mind and a flair for deduction. He plunges into the case, turning the seemingly impossible puzzle into a game of observation, logic, and daring inference. As he interviews the stunned witnesses and examines the scene’s minute details, the mystery deepens, drawing listeners into a world of suspense where every clue could unlock the truth behind the impossible crime.
Language
en
Duration
~7 hours (416K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Transcribed and produced by Brian Raiter
Release date
1999-03-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1868–1927
Best known for creating The Phantom of the Opera, this French novelist and journalist brought mystery, suspense, and a taste for the bizarre to everything he wrote. His stories still feel lively today, mixing sharp reporting instincts with gothic imagination.
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