The Mystery of the Yellow Room

by Gaston Leroux

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"The Mystery of the Yellow Room" by Gaston Leroux is a mystery novel first published serially in 1907. One of the first locked-room mysteries, it follows young reporter Joseph Rouletabille as he investigates an impossible crime at a French château. A woman is found brutally attacked in a room locked from inside, with no apparent way for the attacker to escape.

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Topics: Detective and mystery stories · Reporters and reporting -- Fiction · Rouletabille, Joseph (Fictitious character) -- Fiction