John Dickson Carr
Books by John Dickson Carr
“It’s one of the most famous of the impossible crime stories…The mystery is very ingenious, the characterization is quite sharp, the atmosphere is fantastic. And the solution is great. There’s an absolutely chilling finale to it, the sort of thing you don’t really expect in a traditional golden age novel. It’s not in the least cozy, I think that’s fair to say.” Read more...
Martin Edwards, Literary Scholar
Interviews where books by John Dickson Carr were recommended
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The Detective Stories of Edgar Allan Poe: Three Tales Featuring C. Auguste Dupin
by Edgar Allan Poe -
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The Mystery of the Yellow Room
by Gaston Leroux -
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The Third Bullet and Other Stories
by John Dickson Carr -
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Hercule Poirot's Christmas
by Agatha Christie -
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The Tokyo Zodiac Murders
by Ross and Shika Mackenzie (translators) & Soji Shimada
The Best Golden Age Mysteries, recommended by Martin Edwards
The Best Golden Age Mysteries, recommended by Martin Edwards
Partly as a response to the horrors of World War I, the 1920s and 30s saw a surge in the writing of whodunnits, a period often referred to as the ‘golden age’ of mystery writing. Here, Martin Edwards, one of the leading experts on the genre, picks out some key works, with a special focus on ‘locked room’ mysteries.
