Length2h 24m
About this audiobook
Paris, 1920s. A casino glittering with bad intentions. A wedding night that ends with a severed head on the floor — and a room nobody entered, nobody left.
Detective Bencolin has seen a great deal. He has not seen this.
There is a madman somewhere in the crowd. A woman who knows more than she says. A Russian with a perfect alibi and a monocle that never fogs. And a murder so impossible that the only honest answer is: it didn't happen.
It happened.
Carr at his most wickedly theatrical — part locked-room puzzle, part Grand Guignol, entirely his own.
Audiobook details
GenreMystery and Thriller, Literary Classics
Length2 hrs 24 mins
Narrated byShawna Wolf
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJun 14, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Grand Guignol - Intro
7Chapter VI. White Roses For Murder
2Chapter I. The Overture: Danse Macabre
8Chapter VII. 'All Through The Night—'
3Chapter II. Red Footlights
9Chapter VIII. Wherein The Double-Doors Are Opened
4Chapter III. Death Guides The Clocks
10Chapter IX. The Last Act
5Chapter IV. Hashish And Opium
11Chapter X. Bencolin Takes A Curtain-Call
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6Chapter V. The Trunk From Vienna
12Grand Guignol - Outro
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