The mystery books The Secret of the Night, also known as Rouletabille and the Tsar, was written by French author Gaston Leroux in 1913. The Mystery of the Yellow Room and The Perfume of the Lady in Black came before it in his trilogy of books involving the fictitious investigator Joseph Rouletabille. The plot of The Secret Of The Night starts with Nicholas II of Russia who hires Joseph Rouletabille in 1905 to keep an eye on one of his generals whose life has been threatened by revolutionaries. It is one of the best mystery novels written by Gaston Leroux. Readers will be thrilled once they the mystery unfolds.
French journalist and mystery writer Gaston Leroux lived from 6 May 1868 to 15 April 1927. Leroux, the illegitimate son of Marie Bidaut and Dominique Leroux, who wed a month after he was born, was born in Paris in 1868. Leroux wed twice, the first time in 1902 to Marie Lefranc, with whom he later parted ways. After their divorce, he moved in with Jeanne Cayatte from Lorraine, with whom he had a daughter named Madeleine and a son named Gaston, known as Milinkij. They later were married in 1917, following Lefranc's passing. The Phantom of the Opera, Leroux's most well-known work, was published as a serial in 1909 and 1910 and as a book in 1910. (with an English translation appearing in 1911). Balaoo, which was released in 1911 and was subsequently adapted into other films (in 1913, 1927, and 1942). In 1909, Leroux received the title of Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur. He passed away in Nice, France in 1927 at the age of 58.
