The specialty of author John Dickson Carr (aka Carter Dickson, Carr Dickson, and Roger Fairbairn) was the locked room mystery. His biography is subtitled, The Man Who Explained Miracles. (Buy*)
Most of John Dickson Carr’s books are set in English villages and country houses, and his sleuths are English, but Carr himself was American, the son of a Pennsylvania congressman. As a young man, he moved to England and married an Englishwoman. When he returned to the United States more than 15 years later, he was an internationally known author.
Books by John Dickson Carr
In 1981, Carr’s most well-known book, The Hollow Man, was chosen “the best locked-room mystery of all time” by a group of 17 mystery authors and reviewers.
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Dr. Gideon Fell Books, in Order
- Hag’s Nook (1933) — Borrow. — Buy.*
- The Mad Hatter Mystery (1933) — Buy.*
- The Eight of Swords (1934) — Buy.*
- The Blind Barber (1934) — Buy.*
- Death-Watch (1935) — Buy.*
- The Hollow Man / The Three Coffins (U.S.) (1935) — Borrow in The John Dickson Carr Treasury two-novel collection, with Burning Court.
- The Arabian Nights Murder (1936) — Buy.*
- To Wake the Dead (1938) — Borrow. — Buy.*
- The Crooked Hinge (1938) — Borrow. — Buy.*
- The Black Spectacles / The Problem of the Green Capsule (U.S.) (1939) — Borrow. — Buy.*
- The Problem of the Wire Cage (1939) — Buy.*
- The Man Who Could Not Shudder (1940) — Buy.*
- The Case of the Constant Suicides (1941) — Buy.*
- Death Turns the Tables (1941) / The Seat of the Scornful (U.K.) (1942) — Buy.*
- Till Death Do Us Part (1944) — Buy.*
- He Who Whispers (1946) — Borrow. — Buy.*
- The Sleeping Sphinx (1947) — Borrow. — Buy.*
- Below Suspicion (with Patrick Butler) (1949) — Borrow. — Buy.*
- The Dead Man’s Knock (1958) Borrow. — Buy.*
- In Spite of Thunder (1960) Borrow. — Buy.*
- The House at Satan’s Elbow (1965) — Buy.*
- Panic in Box C (1966) — Borrow. — Buy.*
- Dark of the Moon (1967) Borrow. — Buy.*
Sir Henry Merrivale Books, in Order (Carter Dickson)
- The Plague Court Murders (1934) — Buy.*
- The White Priory Murders (1934) — Buy.*
- The Red Widow Murders (1935) — Buy.*
- The Unicorn Murders (1935) — Download for free in various formats, including Kindle. — Buy.*
- The Magic Lantern Murders / The Punch and Judy Murders (U.S.) (1936) — Buy.*
- The Peacock Feather Murders / The Ten Teacups (U.S.) (1937) — Buy.*
- The Judas Window / The Crossbow Murder (U.S.) (1938) — Buy.*
- Death in Five Boxes (1938) — Buy.*
- The Reader Is Warned (1939) — Buy.*
- And So To Murder (1940) — Buy.*
- Murder in the Submarine Zone / Nine – And Death Makes Ten (U.S.) / Murder in the Atlantic (U.S.) (1940) — Buy.*
- Seeing Is Believing / Cross of Murder (1941) — Buy.*
- The Gilded Man / Death and the Gilded Man (U.S.) (1942) — Borrow. — Buy.*
- She Died a Lady (1943) — Buy.*
- He Wouldn’t Kill Patience (1944) — Buy.*
- Lord of the Sorcerers (1946) / The Curse of the Bronze Lamp (U.S.) (1945) — Buy.*
- My Late Wives (1946) — Buy.*
- The Skeleton in the Clock (1948) — Buy.*
- A Graveyard To Let (1949) — Buy.*
- Night at the Mocking Widow (1950) — Buy.*
- Behind the Crimson Blind (1952) — Buy.*
- The Cavalier’s Cup (1953) — Buy.*
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