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Carr, John Dickson was born in 1906 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, United States.
("For subtlety, ingenuity and atmosphere, he was one of th...)
"For subtlety, ingenuity and atmosphere, he was one of the three or four best detective-story writers since Poe that the English language has known." In this tribute to John Dickson Carr, Edmund Crispin summarized the accomplishments of one of the greatest of all grand masters of the detective story.....
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(John Dickson Carr (1906-1977) was an American author of d...)
John Dickson Carr (1906-1977) was an American author of detective stories who lived most of his life in England. Carr is generally regarded as one of the greatest writers of so-called "Golden Age" mysteries, complex, plot-driven stories in which the puzzle is paramount. He was influenced in this regard by the works of Gaston Leroux and by the Father Brown stories of G. K. Chesterton. He was a master of the locked room mystery, in which a detective solves apparently impossible crimes. He was most famous for his 23 Dr. Fell mysteries. He was also a pioneer of the historical mystery. Dr. Gideon Fell is described as a corpulent man with a moustache who wears a cape and a shovel hat and walks with the aid of two canes. He is frequently described as bringing the spirit of Father Christmas or Old King Cole into a room. In his early appearances he was introduced as a lexicographer but this description gradually disappeared and he was thereafter mostly referred to as working on a monumental history of the beer-drinking habits of the English people. He is an amateur sleuth, frequently called upon by the police, whom he frustrates in the usual manner of most fictional detectives by refusing to reveal his deductions until he has arrived at a complete solution to the problem. Most of Fell's exploits concern the unraveling of locked room mysteries or of "impossible crimes". When he himself becomes frustrated, he is likely to cry out, "Archons of Athens!" Dr Fell is supposedly based upon G. K. Chesterton (author of the Father Brown stories), whose physical appearance and personality were similar to those of Doctor Fell. This omnibus contains the complete and unabridged texts of four of the original Dr. Fell editions: To Wake the Dead (1937), The Blind Barber (1934), The Crooked Hinge (1938), and The Case of the Constant Suicides (1941).
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In this Golden Age British-style mystery, Mystery Writers of America Grand Master John Dickson Carr presents Dr. Gideon Fell’s most chilling case, in which a clock-obsessed killer terrorizes London A clockmaker is puzzled by the theft of the hands of a monumental new timepiece he is preparing for a member of the nobility. That night, one of the stolen hands is found buried between a policeman’s shoulder blades, stopping his clock for all time. The crime is just peculiar enough to catch the attention of Dr. Gideon Fell, the portly detective whose formidable intellect is the terror of every criminal in London. Working closely with Scotland Yard, he finds that the case turns on the question of why the clock hands were stolen. And learning the answer will put Dr. Fell squarely in the path of a madman with nothing but time on his hands. Death-Watch is the 5th book in Special Edgar Award–winning author John Dickson Carr’s Dr. Gideon Fell Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. In this Golden Age British-style mystery, Mystery Writers of America Grand Master John Dickson Carr presents Dr. Gideon Fell’s most chilling case, in which a clock-obsessed killer terrorizes London A clockmaker is puzzled by the theft of the hands of a monumental new timepiece he is preparing for a member of the nobility. That night, one of the stolen hands is found buried between a policeman’s shoulder blades, stopping his clock for all time. The crime is just peculiar enough to catch the attention of Dr. Gideon Fell, the portly detective whose formidable intellect is the terror of every criminal in London. Working closely with Scotland Yard, he finds that the case turns on the question of why the clock hands were stolen. And learning the answer will put Dr. Fell squarely in the path of a madman with nothing but time on his hands. Death-Watch is the 5th book in Special Edgar Award–winning author John Dickson Carr’s Dr. Gideon Fell Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
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Hailed by Agatha Christie as “the king of the art of misdirection,” John Dickson Carr presents a thrilling murder mystery that has the redoubtable Dr. Gideon Fell tracing clues from London to Sussex to South Africa Mystery novelist Christopher Kent accepts a friend’s outlandish bet and sets out to travel from Johannesburg to London with nothing but the cash in his wallet and the clothes on his back. He arrives with twenty-four hours to spare, his wallet and his stomach both empty. While cadging a breakfast at a luxurious hotel, he is implicated in the brutal murder of a hotel guest. Fleeing the scene of the crime, Kent takes refuge with Dr. Gideon Fell, the portly genius who specializes in murders too baffling for Scotland Yard. For Kent, getting to London was the easy part. The trick will be avoiding the hangman. To Wake the Dead is the 9th book in the Dr. Gideon Fell Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. Hailed by Agatha Christie as “the king of the art of misdirection,” John Dickson Carr presents a thrilling murder mystery that has the redoubtable Dr. Gideon Fell tracing clues from London to Sussex to South Africa Mystery novelist Christopher Kent accepts a friend’s outlandish bet and sets out to travel from Johannesburg to London with nothing but the cash in his wallet and the clothes on his back. He arrives with twenty-four hours to spare, his wallet and his stomach both empty. While cadging a breakfast at a luxurious hotel, he is implicated in the brutal murder of a hotel guest. Fleeing the scene of the crime, Kent takes refuge with Dr. Gideon Fell, the portly genius who specializes in murders too baffling for Scotland Yard. For Kent, getting to London was the easy part. The trick will be avoiding the hangman. To Wake the Dead is the 9th book in the Dr. Gideon Fell Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
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Del Mar, California: Publisher's Inc, 1976. Hardbound, about 8.25 inches tall, 283 pages. Illustrations by Dick Conner. Introduction, with notes, and checklist by Robert E Briney. This is the second volumes in The Mystery Library series published by University Extension, University of California, San Diego in cooperation with Publishers, Inc.
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Carr, John Dickson was born in 1906 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, United States.
He attended Hill School, where he was a mediocre student preoccupied with fledgling attempts at writing mystery stories.
Writer of mystery fiction, 1930-1977. Worked with Adrian Conan Doyle on life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 2 years.
(Hailed by Agatha Christie as “the king of the art of misd...)
("For subtlety, ingenuity and atmosphere, he was one of th...)
(John Dickson Carr (1906-1977) was an American author of d...)
(In this Golden Age British-style mystery, Mystery Writers...)
(The Dead Sleep Lightly And Other Mysteries From Radio's G...)
(A true story of a brutal death that reads like a novel.)
(Del Mar, California: Publisher's Inc, 1976. Hardbound, ab...)
(Hollow Man)
Hag’s Nook. It Walks By Night
Lost Gallows. Mad Hatter Mystery
Men Who Explained Myster-ies.The Problem of Green Capsules. To Wake the Dead.
Realism
Member Baker Street Irregulars.
Married Clarice Cleaves, 1931.