At the Villa Rose, A. E. W. Mason
At the Villa Rose, A. E. W. Mason
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At the Villa Rose

Author: A. E. W. Mason

Narrator: Graham Scott

Unabridged: 9 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/21/2023


Synopsis

At the fashionable French resort of Aix-les-Bains, a murder is discovered: wealthy but naïve Mme Dauvray is found strangled in the salon of her villa, apparently for her famously expensive jewels. Her young English companion, Celia Harland, is missing, and her maid is bound and chloroformed upstairs. A young English inventor who has been courting Miss Harland adamantly protests her innocence, and begs the famous Sûreté detective Inspector Hanaud to investigate …

Author Bio

A. E. W. Mason (1865–1948) was born in Dulwich, England. A graduate of Oxford, he was first a professional actor before becoming a playwright. When he turned to writing fiction, he proved to be a versatile and prolific author, excelling at historical fiction, adventure fiction, social melodrama, and crime fiction. He is perhaps best remembered today for his tales of adventure and detection, often set in exotic locales.

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