Dickson Carter John Dickson Carr (232 results)

Condition: good. Fast Free Shipping â" Good condition. It may show normal signs of use, such as light writing, highlighting, or library markings, but all pages are intact and the book is fully readable. A solid, complete copy that's ready to enjoy.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fair. ----------paperback. Marker pen asterisk on spine and front cover for some strange reason, spine tilt, spine and reading creases, a fair complete copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First paperback edition, first printing #F2767 of this stand-alone novel. Light edge wear. Faint reading creases to the spine. In very good condition.

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Paperback. Condition: New. "There will be ten teacups at number 4, Berwick Terrace, W. 8, on Wednesday, July 31, at 5 p.m. precisely. The presence of the Metropolitan Police is respectfully requested."Writing as Carter Dickson, the master of the locked room mystery John Dickson Carr returns to the Crime Classics series, pitching his series amateur detective Henry Merrivale against a seemingly watertight mystery: after the police are sent a note warning them about a forthcoming crime, a man is shot in a room on the top floor of a Kensington townhouse a house watched from all sides during the murder. Surely nobody could have gotten in or out? And yet the man is dead, and just like the last time the police received a note like this, there are ten teacups set out at the scene of the crime. H.M. is drawn to unravel this bizarre crime, as the mysterious significance of the ten teacups in murders past and present pushes the police to their limits.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. FIRST THUS. First Edition Thus. Published by Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., 1984. 12mo. Paperback. Book is very good.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. A reprinted "Golden Age classic" mystery. "This edition published 2010 by the Langtail Press." As-new unread trade paperback reprint of a Dr. Gideon Fell mystery originally published 1939, now in powder blue wraps but with a soft vertical crease to front wrap about 1/2-inch from spine. 201 pp. Reduced from $57.…

Paperback. Condition: New. James Bennett has been invited to stay at White Priory for Christmas among the retinue of the glamorous Hollywood actress Marcia Tait. Her producer, her lover, the playwright for her next hit and her agent are all here, soon to become so many suspects when Tait is found murdered on a cold December morning in the lakeside pavilion. Only the footprints of her discoverer disturb the snow which fell overnight - and which stopped just shortly after Marcia was last seen alive. How did the murderer get in and out of the pavilion without leaving a trace?When Bennett's uncle, the cantankerous amateur sleuth Sir Henry Merrivale arrives from London to make sense of this impossible crime, the reader is treated to a feast of the author's trademark twists, beguiling false answers and one of the most ingenious solutions in the history of the mystery genre.When Henry Merrivale arrives to piece together what appears to be an impossible crime, Carr treats the reader to sensational twists, febrile tension between the closed circle of suspects and one of the most perfect solutions in the history of the genre.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New. One of the greatest locked-room murder mysteries of all time, hailing from 1938, returns to baffle a new bevy of armchair detectives. James Answell, visiting his father-in-law Avery Hume in his locked study, has the misfortune to wake up from a drugged-Whisky swoon to find his host dead, skewered with an arrow. He is, of course, prime suspect. After setting up this devilish scenario, unravels an ingenious courtroom thriller, in which the razor-sharp amateur detective (and barrister) Sir Henry Merrivale stars in all of his outlandish glory - and the mystery of the 'Judas Window' is revealed.…

Paperback. Condition: New. "There will be ten teacups at number 4, Berwick Terrace, W. 8, on Wednesday, July 31, at 5 p.m. precisely. The presence of the Metropolitan Police is respectfully requested."Writing as Carter Dickson, the master of the locked room mystery John Dickson Carr returns to the Crime Classics series, pitching his series amateur detective Henry Merrivale against a seemingly watertight mystery: after the police are sent a note warning them about a forthcoming crime, a man is shot in a room on the top floor of a Kensington townhouse a house watched from all sides during the murder. Surely nobody could have gotten in or out? And yet the man is dead, and just like the last time the police received a note like this, there are ten teacups set out at the scene of the crime. H.M. is drawn to unravel this bizarre crime, as the mysterious significance of the ten teacups in murders past and present pushes the police to their limits.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. [1st printing] Feb. 1959; #G-214. Cover art by Maguire. Tears at spine heel; marks on cover; edge and corner wear; book falls open a couple of places; stress; uneven edges; may be glue-mends to spine. Book.

Paperback. Condition: New. Impossible crime stories have delighted readers since the invention of detective fiction as puzzle-lovers sought more cerebral entertainment. Following on from Miraculous Mysteries, CWA Diamond Dagger Award-winning crime writer Martin Edwards brings together a whole new casebook of mystifying locked room mysteries and impossible crimes. Featuring more great stories by John Dickson Carr, Julian Symons and Margery Allingham alongside newly rediscovered writers, this selection of stories will bring you more insight into one of the most celebrated and dazzling sub-genres of detective fiction.…

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New. The diplomat Sir George Ramsden is returning to Britain from France with the mysterious "unicorn" in tow. The legendary thief Flamande has declared that he will be on the same flight as Ramsden, in disguise, and that the unicorn will be his. His arch-rival and head of the Srete Nationale, Gasquet, has assured the public that he too will be on the plane to thwart his nemesis.Meanwhile, holidaying in Paris, the ex-spy Kenwood Blake runs into Evelyn Cheyne and is swept into a perilous chase ending at the Chateau de l'Ile on a stormy night. Here, Ramsden's plane has made an emergency landing, and Henry Merrivale has joined the party. When the castle is cut off by the flooding river, the stage is set for a battle of wits between two masters of disguise in Flamande and Gasquet, as a bizarre and seemingly impossible murder among the party casts suspicion in every direction and the mystery of the unicorn is revealed.Carter Dickson's brilliantly intricate mystery was first published in Britain in 1936; it remains a testament to his unique talent for wrangling audacious levels of devilishness into a masterpiece.…

Paperback. Condition: New. One of the greatest locked-room murder mysteries of all time, hailing from 1938, returns to baffle a new bevy of armchair detectives. James Answell, visiting his father-in-law Avery Hume in his locked study, has the misfortune to wake up from a drugged-Whisky swoon to find his host dead, skewered with an arrow. He is, of course, prime suspect. After setting up this devilish scenario, unravels an ingenious courtroom thriller, in which the razor-sharp amateur detective (and barrister) Sir Henry Merrivale stars in all of his outlandish glory - and the mystery of the 'Judas Window' is revealed.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. A mid 1940s abridged PB edition of a Sir Henry Merrivale mystery form the late 1930s. Wartime conditions statements on the back cover and last page of text. Bestseller Mystery B45. "Four persons sat at the table in a drugged stupor. A fifth had a sword-umbrella through his back." Light wear at the edges. Light browning to a 1.5" strip at the fore edge of the front cover. Light browning to the pages. A good to very good copy.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. An early 1970s PB edition of a Sir Henry Merrivale mystery form the late 1930s. Belmont Tower Capital BT 50567. "Four persons sat at the table in a drugged stupor. A fifth had a sword-umbrella through his back." Light wear at the edges. Light browning to the pages with some foxing to the end ones. A very good copy.…

Paperback. Condition: New. James Bennett has been invited to stay at White Priory for Christmas among the retinue of the glamorous Hollywood actress Marcia Tait. Her producer, her lover, the playwright for her next hit and her agent are all here, soon to become so many suspects when Tait is found murdered on a cold December morning in the lakeside pavilion. Only the footprints of her discoverer disturb the snow which fell overnight - and which stopped just shortly after Marcia was last seen alive. How did the murderer get in and out of the pavilion without leaving a trace?When Bennett's uncle, the cantankerous amateur sleuth Sir Henry Merrivale arrives from London to make sense of this impossible crime, the reader is treated to a feast of the author's trademark twists, beguiling false answers and one of the most ingenious solutions in the history of the mystery genre.When Henry Merrivale arrives to piece together what appears to be an impossible crime, Carr treats the reader to sensational twists, febrile tension between the closed circle of suspects and one of the most perfect solutions in the history of the genre.…

Softcover. Condition: Good. Berkley Medallion Edition #X1574. A Sir Henry Merrivale Mystery. Light crease to leaned spine, one diagonal crease on the front cover, light tanning and edge-wear.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Bantam #20282. A Sir Henry Merrivale Mystery. Solid reading copy with moderate creasing and edge-wear.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: New. Impossible crime stories have delighted readers since the invention of detective fiction as puzzle-lovers sought more cerebral entertainment. Following on from Miraculous Mysteries, CWA Diamond Dagger Award-winning crime writer Martin Edwards brings together a whole new casebook of mystifying locked room mysteries and impossible crimes. Featuring more great stories by John Dickson Carr, Julian Symons and Margery Allingham alongside newly rediscovered writers, this selection of stories will bring you more insight into one of the most celebrated and dazzling sub-genres of detective fiction.…

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Thank you for supporting Earthlight Books and independent bookstores. Mass market paperback. Very good condition. Light shelf wear to covers and pages. Clean, tight binding. 1st Belmont Printing 1973 #50568. Author is a pseudonym of John Dickson Carr).

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Bantam #20282. A Sir Henry Merrivale Mystery. Square spine with light crease,light edge-wear.