The Mystery of the Yellow Room

Written by Gaston Leroux

Narrated by Multiple Narrators

"The finest locked room tale ever written." — John Dickson Carr, author of The Hollow Man.


“If I am the phantom, it is because man's hatred has made me so. If I am to be saved it is because your love redeems me.” - Gaston Leroux, The Mystery of the Yellow Room


Gaston Leroux is best known for writing the novel The Phantom of the Opera. However, he also wrote some excellent detective stories. In fact, Leroux's contribution to French detective fiction is considered a parallel to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's in the United Kingdom and Edgar Allan Poe's in America.


In this, his most popular mystery, rival detectives try to crack the following case: Madamoiselle Stangerson retires to bed in the Yellow Room. Suddenly, revolver shots echo through the house and she screams for help. Her father and a servant run to the locked room where they find the wounded girl - alone. The only other exit, a window, is barred. How had the assailant escaped?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Author's Republic
• Release date: Jun 8, 2017
• ISBN: 9781518952401

Gaston Leroux

Gaston Leroux (1868–1927) was a French writer best known for his novel The Phantom of the Opera. Born in Paris, Leroux initially worked as a critic and court reporter for the newspapers L’Écho de Paris and Le Matin. In 1918 he formed a film company called the Société des Cinéromans. After quitting journalism to focus on writing fiction, Leroux went on to publish dozens of novels. He died at his home in Nice, France. 

Reviews for The Mystery of the Yellow Room

[Joshua David · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I’m sure the book is amazing but the audiobook is such a poor quality. It sounds like someone decided to read the book and record it on their phone. Not professionally done. I couldn’t get passed the first minute.