The young lady had just retired to her room when sounds of a struggle ensue and cries of "Murder!" and revolver shots ring out. When her locked door is finally broken down by her father and a servant they find the woman on the floor badly hurt and bleeding. No one else is in the room. There is no other exit except through a barred window. How did the attacker escape? First published in 1907 this intriguing and baffling tale is a classic of early 20th-century detective fiction. At the heart of the novel is a perplexing mystery: How could a crime take place in a locked room which shows no sign of being entered? Nearly a century after its initial publication Leroux's landmark tale of foul play deception and unbridled ambition remains a blueprint for the detective novel genre. Written by the immortal author of The Phantom of the Opera this atmospheric thriller is still a favorite of whodunit fans everywhere. "The finest locked room tale ever written." — John Dickson Carr author of The Hollow Man.
