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La porte de la chambre fermée à clef " de l'intérieur ", les volets de l'unique fenêtre fermés, eux aussi, " de l'intérieur ", pas de cheminée... Qui a tenté de tuer Mlle Stangerson et, surtout, par où l'assassin a-t-il pu quitter la chambre jaune ? C'est le jeune reporter Rouletabille, limier surdoué et raisonnant par " le bon bout de la raison, ce bon bout que l'on reconnait à ce que rien ne peut le faire craquer ", qui va trouver la solution de cet affolant problème, au terme d'une enquête fertile en aventures et en rebondissements.

Le Tsar de toutes les Russies est menacé par des empoisonneurs et des assassins invisibles, qui semblent le cerner sans cesse et s'en prennent à son entourage. Pour déjouer cette étrange machination, il n'y a que le plus célèbre et le plus malin des reporters : Rouletabille !

Christine Daae was brought up in the Paris Opera house. Her musician father suddenly dies, telling her he will send her an angel of music to look after her. She grows up and discovers that she is hearing a voice, telling her and teaching her to sing. She believes he is the angel of music but he is known in the Opera House simply as The Phantom. Although she is fascinated and drawn towards the phantom, she falls in love with her childhood sweetheart, The Vicomte de Chagny - or Raoul - but the Phantom won't take this lightly... (Summary by Ralph Snelson)

Theophrastus Longuet, a retired rubber stamp manufacturer in Paris, enjoys a peaceful life with his beloved wife Marceline and their longtime friend M. Lecamus. However, tranquility is shattered when the malevolent spirit of Cartouche, a notorious brigand executed in 1721, threatens to disrupt their idyllic existence. As a perfect storm brews, the trio must confront the haunting legacy of the past, and even the enigmatic Mage, M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox, lurking in his mysterious underground crypt, may not be enough to save them from their impending fate. (Summary by ...