The cover page is adapted from At the Villa Rose, a painting completed in 1910 by An Unknown Artist. The cover and title pages feature the League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy typefaces created in 2014 and 2009 by The League of Moveable Type. www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
At the Villa Rose
Chapters (21)
- I: Summer Lightning 0:00
- II: A Cry for Help 15:11
- III: Perrichet’s Story 43:50
- IV: At the Villa 50:27
- V: In the Salon 1:16:10
- VI: Hélène Vauquier’s Evidence 1:37:12
- VII: A Startling Discovery 2:22:42
- VIII: The Captain of the Ship 2:42:35
- IX: Mme. Dauvray’s Motorcar 3:05:49
- X: News from Geneva 3:28:19
- XI: The Unopened Letter 3:43:09
- XII: The Aluminium Flask 4:04:36
- XIII: In the House at Geneva 4:27:20
- XIV: Mr. Ricardo Is Bewildered 4:48:20
- XV: Celia’s Story 5:08:50
- XVI: The First Move 5:38:18
- XVII: The Afternoon of Tuesday 5:56:37
- XVIII: The Séance 6:16:02
- XIX: Hélène Explains 6:47:39
- XX: The Geneva Road 7:13:48
- XXI: Hanaud Explains 7:25:50
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When the wealthy widow Madame Dauvray is found murdered at the Villa Rose in Aix-les-Bains, suspicion falls on her young companion Celia Harland, who has gone missing—along with Dauvray’s valuable jewels. The famous French detective Inspector Hanaud is called in to solve the mystery, which involves a séance, a missing chauffeur, and a web of deceit.
A. E. W. Mason was inspired to write this story after his own stay at an inn near London, where he saw the names of two victims of a famous murder scratched into a windowpane. Inspired by that case, he incorporated other small details from other murder cases into this narrative.