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  • The Dr. Gideon Fell Mysteries Volume One

    The Blind Barber, Death-Watch, and To Wake the Dead

    by John Dickson Carr ...
    Series series The Dr. Gideon Fell Mysteries
    Three Golden Age British-style whodunits from the Edgar Award–winning writer Agatha Christie called "a master magician . . . the king of the art of misdirection."One of the most popular Golden Age mystery authors, John Dickson Carr was also lauded by his peers. Agatha Christie offered him the highest praise from one mystery writer to another: "Very few detective stories baffle me, but Mr. Carr's ... Read more

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    The Seat of the Scornful

    by John Dickson Carr ...
    Narrated by Kris Dyer ...
    Series series British Library Crime Classics

    Unabridged

    8 hours 39 min

    When the police arrive at the holiday bungalow of the haughty Justice Ireton to find a man killed by gunshot and the high court judge brandishing a pistol, the case seems as straightforward as it is scandalous. Yet, with the incongruous assemblage of physical evidence, the judge's denial of any participation in the crime and the recent events of his daughter's love life combined, the deceptively ... Read more

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    It Walks by Night

    by John Dickson Carr ...
    Narrated by John Telfer ...
    Series series British Library Crime Classics

    Unabridged

    8 hours 39 min

    In the smoke-wreathed gloom of a Parisian salon, Detective Bencolin has summoned his allies to discuss a peculiar case. A would-be murderer, imprisoned for his attempt to kill his wife, has escaped and is known to have visited a plastic surgeon. His whereabouts remain a mystery, though with his former wife poised to marry another, Bencolin predicts his return. Sure enough, the detective's worst ... Read more

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    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Castle Skull. A Henri Bencolin Mystery. Illustrated

    by John Dickson Carr ...
    A sinister castle overlooking the Rhine. A bizarre crime staged like a scene from a nightmare. And a murderer who seems to vanish into thin air. When the flamboyant and brilliant French detective Henri Bencolin is summoned to investigate a grotesque death inside the ancient stronghold known as Castle Skull, he finds himself confronted with one of the most baffling puzzles of his career. The victim ... Read more

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  • Grand Guignol

    by John Dickson Carr ...
    Grand Guignol by John Dickson Carr is a masterfully crafted mystery that blends the suspense of the classic whodunit with the eerie atmosphere of Gothic horror. Known for his ingenious locked-room puzzles and psychological intricacies, Carr delivers a story that is as chilling as it is intellectually stimulating. Set against a backdrop of theatrical intrigue and sinister secrets, the novel ... Read more

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  • Vex Not His Ghost

    by John Dickson Carr ...
    Vex Not His Ghost by John Dickson Carr is a classic locked-room mystery infused with Carr’s signature blend of suspense, intricate plotting, and eerie atmosphere. The story revolves around a seemingly supernatural event—a ghostly presence that haunts a wealthy estate, terrifying its inhabitants and raising questions about reality versus deception. As the plot unfolds, Carr expertly combines ... Read more

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  • The Lost Gallows. A Henri Bencolin Mystery. Illustrated

    by John Dickson Carr ...
    Dark streets, sinister secrets, and an executioner’s shadow hanging over the past — The Lost Gallows is one of John Dickson Carr’s most atmospheric early detective novels featuring the brilliant and enigmatic French investigator Henri Bencolin. When an Englishman is found brutally murdered in Paris under circumstances both baffling and theatrical, the crime seems tied to an old legend about a ... Read more

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  • The Riddle of the Cabin

    by John Dickson Carr ...
    The Riddle of the Cabin Cruiser by John Dickson Carr is a masterful example of classic Golden Age detective fiction, combining intricate plotting, atmospheric tension, and Carr’s signature flair for the seemingly impossible. Known for his ingenious “locked-room” style mysteries, Carr crafts a story in which ordinary circumstances conceal extraordinary danger. When a mysterious incident occurs ... Read more

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  • It Walks by Night. Illustrated

    by John Dickson Carr ...
    It Walks by Night (1930) marks the chilling and masterful debut of John Dickson Carr, one of the greatest writers of the locked-room mystery genre. Introducing the eccentric and brilliant sleuth Henri Bencolin, this novel weaves a tale of terror, illusion, and impossible murder in the shadowy corners of 1920s Paris. The story begins at the prestigious Fenelli Club, where the decapitated body of ... Read more

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    He Who Whispers

    by John Dickson Carr ...
    Narrated by Kris Dyer ...
    Series series British Library Crime Classics

    Unabridged

    9 hours 54 min

    When Miles Hammond is invited to a meeting of the Murder Club in London, he is met instead with just two other guests and is treated to a strange tale of an impossible crime in France years before; the murder of a man on a tower with only one staircase, under watch at the time at which the murder took place. With theories of levitating vampires abounding, the story comes home to Miles when he ... Read more

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    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Problem of the Wire Cage

    A Gideon Fell Mystery

    by John Dickson Carr ...
    Series series Dr. Gideon Fell
    Death and tennis meet in one of impossible crime master John Dickson Carr's most memorable cases.John Dickson Carr is famous for his puzzling “impossible crime” plots, in which corpses are discovered in scenarios that seem to lack any logical explanation, concealing clues as to how the murder was committed and how the body arrived in its current setting.Among all of Carr’s ingenious crime scenes, ... Read more

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  • The Devil in Velvet

    by John Dickson Carr ...
    To solve a centuries-old crime, a man makes a deal with the devil: "The fantasy, the murder and the historical action are . . . all wonderful" ( San Francisco Chronicle).An aging scholar of Restoration history, Nicholas Fenton has long dreamed of traveling into the past. He has a date in mind—May 10, 1675—as well as a purpose: to solve the murder case of the woman he loves, his rakehell ancestor's ... Read more

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