Project Gutenberg 2003-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 214 Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) 1865 1948 Mason, Alfred Edward Woodley At the Villa Rose Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_the_Villa_Rose_(novel) Produced by Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML version by Al Haines. "At the Villa Rose" by A. E. W. Mason is a murder mystery novel set during the late 19th century. The story revolves around Mr. Julius Ricardo, a wealthy widower who travels to Aix-les-Bains for leisure but finds himself embroiled in a sinister crime when the wealthy Mme. Camille Dauvray is murdered at her villa. As Ricardo navigates through the intrigue of high society, he becomes entangled with the young and beautiful Celia Harland, whose fate intertwines with the dark mystery surrounding the murder. At the start of the novel, Mr. Ricardo is introduced as a man enjoying his summer retreat at Aix-les-Bains, where he mingles at the local baccarat tables and observes the nuanced lives of the people around him. One fateful night, he witnesses the anxious and beautiful Celia Harland before the news breaks of the shocking murder of Mme. Dauvray, for which Celia quickly becomes a prime suspect. The opening establishes a tone of mystery through Ricardo’s observations and budding curiosity about Celia, setting the stage for a deeper investigation led by the detective M. Hanaud. The stage is further complicated by the backstories of the characters and the dynamics of crime, wealth, and intrigue. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Fiction Detective and mystery stories PR Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: British Literature 467192 2025-07-02T12:02:51.893298 text/html 458617 2020-12-28T06:44:43 text/html 236435 2025-07-02T12:02:59.575321 application/epub+zip 242603 2025-07-02T12:02:54.586312 application/epub+zip 235829 2025-07-02T12:02:53.444315 application/epub+zip 433627 2025-07-02T12:03:03.284262 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 418975 2025-07-02T12:02:58.859338 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 392514 2022-09-03T04:09:17.403125 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 430206 2025-07-02T12:02:50.804357 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 430168 2020-12-28T06:44:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18926 2025-07-02T12:03:03.417235 application/rdf+xml 13491 2025-07-02T12:02:53.942314 image/jpeg 3554 2025-07-02T12:02:53.691301 image/jpeg 159176 2020-12-28T06:44:43 application/octet-stream application/zip 156071 2020-12-28T06:44:43 application/octet-stream application/zip 230197 2025-07-02T12:02:51.928324 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia