The Devil in Velvet

Carr, John Dickson

ISBN 10: 0786701013 / ISBN 13: 9780786701018

Published by Carroll & Graf Pub, 1994

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Synopsis:

Professor Nicholas Fenton enters a pact with Satan and goes back in time to bawdy, turbulent Restoration London to prevent a murder that is about to take place. But he falls in love with the intended victim and resolves to alter the course of history. Breathless pace and ingenious plotting.--New York Times.

Review: "Breathless pace and ingenious plotting." --"The New York Times Book Review" "The fantasy, the murder and the historical action are all interdependent--and all wonderful." --"San Francisco Chronicle" "The master of classic locked-room mysteries switches to historical adventure in this timeslip fantasy. . . . This full-blooded Restoration melodrama is great fun." --"Fantasy & Science Fiction" "A master magician . . . The king of the art of misdirection." --Agatha Christie "Mr. Carr can lead us away from the small, artificial world of the ordinary detective plot into the menace of outer darkness. . . . Every sentence gives a thrill of positive pleasure." --Dorothy L. Sayers

Breathless pace and ingenious plotting. "The New York Times Book Review" The fantasy, the murder and the historical action are all interdependent and all wonderful. "San Francisco Chronicle" The master of classic locked-room mysteries switches to historical adventure in this timeslip fantasy.... This full-blooded Restoration melodrama is great fun. "Fantasy & Science Fiction" A master magician ... The king of the art of misdirection. Agatha Christie Mr. Carr can lead us away from the small, artificial world of the ordinary detective plot into the menace of outer darkness.... Every sentence gives a thrill of positive pleasure. Dorothy L. Sayers"

Breathless pace and ingenious plotting. The New York Times Book Review

The fantasy, the murder and the historical action are all interdependent and all wonderful. San Francisco Chronicle

The master of classic locked-room mysteries switches to historical adventure in this timeslip fantasy.... This full-blooded Restoration melodrama is great fun. Fantasy & Science Fiction

A master magician ... The king of the art of misdirection. Agatha Christie

Mr. Carr can lead us away from the small, artificial world of the ordinary detective plot into the menace of outer darkness.... Every sentence gives a thrill of positive pleasure. Dorothy L. Sayers
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"Breathless pace and ingenious plotting." --The New York Times Book Review

"The fantasy, the murder and the historical action are all interdependent--and all wonderful." --San Francisco Chronicle

"The master of classic locked-room mysteries switches to historical adventure in this timeslip fantasy. . . . This full-blooded Restoration melodrama is great fun." --Fantasy & Science Fiction

"A master magician . . . The king of the art of misdirection." --Agatha Christie

"Mr. Carr can lead us away from the small, artificial world of the ordinary detective plot into the menace of outer darkness. . . . Every sentence gives a thrill of positive pleasure." --Dorothy L. Sayers

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Devil in Velvet
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub
Publication Date: 1994
Binding: paperback
Condition: Acceptable