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..." data-title="Книга At the Villa Rose">