''The Crime of Rouletabille'' (French: ''Le Crime de Rouletabille'') is a 1921
mystery novel
Mystery is a fiction genre where the nature of an event, usually a murder or other crime, remains mysterious until the end of the story. Often within a closed circle of suspects, each suspect is usually provided with a credible motive and a re ...
by the French writer
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (6 May 186815 April 1927) was a French journalist and author of detective fiction.
In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel '' The Phantom of the Opera'' (french: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, ...
.
[Kelleghan p.401] It is the sixth in his series of novels featuring the fictional detective
Joseph Rouletabille
Joseph Rouletabille () is a fictional character created by Gaston Leroux, a French writer and journalist. Rouletabille is a journalist and amateur sleuth featured in several novels and other works, often presented as a more capable thinker than t ...
, that began with ''
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
''The Mystery of the Yellow Room'' (in French ''Le mystère de la chambre jaune'') is a mystery novel written by French author Gaston Leroux. One of the first locked-room mystery novels, it was first published serially in France in the periodical ...
'' and ''
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' ( it, Il profumo della signora in nero) is a 1974 giallo-horror film directed by Francesco Barilli. The film had nothing to do with the similarly-titled novel by Gaston Leroux.
Plot
Silvia ( Mimsy Farmer) is ...
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Synopsis
Rouletabille is falsely accused of murdering a professor and his wife.
References
Bibliography
* Fiona Kelleghan. ''100 Masters of Mystery and Detective Fiction: Baynard H. Kendrick''. Salem Press, 2001.
1921 French novels
French mystery novels
Novels by Gaston Leroux
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