The Judas Window (British Library Crime Classics) - Softcover

Dickson, Carter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1464278784 ISBN 13: 9781464278785

Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press, 2026

Synopsis

James Answell is paying a visit to his future father-in-law, the champion archer Avory Hume, at his Grosvenor Street townhouse. Invited into the study and offered a drink, Answell suddenly swoons―and awakes to find the door and windows locked from the inside. His host is dead, skewered with an arrow, and Answell is prime suspect. The devilish puzzle constructed, Carter Dickson unravels an ingenious courtroom thriller, in which the razor-sharp amateur detective Sir Henry Merrivale argues for the defense in all of his outlandish glory―and the mystery of the 'Judas Window' is unveiled.

First published in 1938, this landmark novel remains one of the greatest locked-room murder mysteries of all time, and a dazzling showcase of the author's unsurpassed flair for narrative legerdemain and jaw-dropping twists.

About this title

About the Author

Carter Dickson was the pseudonym used by John Dickson Carr (1906–1977) for his books featuring Sir Henry Merrivale. Carr was a hugely popular and prolific author of crime fiction, regarded as one of the finest writers of ‘Golden Age’ mysteries. Though born in Pennsylvania, USA, Carr developed a distinctly ‘British’ style to his mystery writing from his time living in England and became one of only two Americans ever admitted to the Detection Club

Edition details

• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1464278784
• ISBN 13: 9781464278785
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320