John Dickson Carr Libros

«¿Cree usted –había dicho sin preámbulo–, que una habitación puede matar?». Esta pregunta, viniendo de sir George Anstruther, hombre consagrado a la ciencia y director del Museo Británico, le parece al doctor Tairlaine el preludio de un razonamiento filosófico. Pero luego, ya metido en la aventura, sabe de la existencia de un testamento que prohíbe abrir una estancia, cerrada desde la muerte de un antepasado, a riesgo de perder la herencia.

From the son of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and one of America's greatest mystery writers, John Dickson Carr, comes twelve riveting tales based on incidents or elements of the unsolved cases of Sherlock Holmes. The plots are all new, with painstaking attention to the mood, tone, and detail of the original stories. Here is a fascinating volume of mysteries for new Sherlock fans, as well as for those who have read all the classics and crave more!The Adventure of the Seven Clocks The Adventure of the Gold Hunter The Adventure of the Wax Gamblers The Adventure of the Highgate Miracle The Adventure of the Black Baronet The Adventure of the Sealed Room The Adventure of the Foulkes Rath The Adventure of the Abbas Ruby The Adventure of the Dark Angles The Adventure of the Two Women The Adventure of the Depthford Horror The Adventure of the Red Widow

Is the world better off without Christianity? Author and historian John Dickson provides an honest account of 2,000 years of Christian history, blending narrative with critique of contemporary debates. The Christian Church faces significant image issues, grappling with a legacy that includes the Crusades, the Inquisition, and ongoing racism and abuse within both Catholic and Protestant traditions. Yet, the Church has also experienced moments that resonate with Jesus' teachings, such as the rise of charity and the establishment of hospitals. For defenders of the faith, recognizing both the good and bad in the Church's history is crucial for living in alignment with Christ. For skeptics, this exploration serves as a thought-provoking introduction to the notion that Christianity remains an essential foundation of our civilization. The journey spans from the Sermon on the Mount to modern times, providing contextual accounts of notorious chapters in Christian history while acknowledging their darker aspects. It outlines significant movements within the faith and defends its lesser-known heroes and saints. Ultimately, the examination of the Church alongside the teachings and life of Jesus reveals its successes and failures in striving to imitate Christ.

When the family found an odd piece of string, tied at equal intervals into nine knots, under Miles Despard's pillow, they dismissed this trifle from their minds.But then the housekeeper, a normally sensible woman, told an incredible story of a beautiful woman in the old man's room - a woman who had "walked through the wall". Who could go through a door which had been bricked up and paneled over for two hundred years, leaving an old man to a hideous death?Edward Stevens smiled at their fears of the supernatural - until he read a manuscript on female murderers. On one of the pages was a clear photograph of a woman. Under it, in small letters, had been printed:Marie D'AubrayGuillotined for Murder, 1861Edward Stevens was looking at a photograph of his own wife.

Four complete Dr. Fell Mysteries by John Dickson Carr.

Avory Hume is found stabbed to death with an arrow - in a study with bolted steel shutters and a heavy door locked from the inside. In the same room James Caplon Answell lies unconscious, his clothes disordered as though from a struggle, his fingerprints on the damning arrow.Here is the unique Carter Dickson "impossible situation" - yet the great, explosive Sir Henry Merrivale gets down to serious sleuthing and at last startles the crowd in the Old Bailey with a reconstruction of the crime along logical, convincing lines.H.M. in his most exciting case - an original, unconventional mystery, with a rich story background and a thrilling trial scene.

Here is another in Carr's entrancing series of historical mysteries. Complete with an exciting and puzzling plot, period romance, and accurate historical detail, Fire, Burn! is a captivating depiction of the early years of the world's first true police force: Sir Robert Peel's "Peelers".

Carr considered this novel one of his best works, and it is easy to see why when experiencing its ingenious plot delivered with an astounding pace and masterfully drawn characters including none other than the great detective Dr. Gideon Fell.

This 1938 Dr. Gideon Fell British mystery is considered one of the best locked room mysteries of all time.

A collection of nine mysteries, based on original radio plays written during the forties and fifties

Dr. Gideon Fell solves the dagger murder of a frock-coated, false-whiskered man whose corpse is discovered in the great black carriage of the eerie Wade Museum of Oriental Art

Crime author Dick Markham is in love again; his fiancée the mysterious newcomer to the village, Lesley Grant. When Grant accidentally shoots the fortune teller through the side of his tent at the local fair – following a very strange reaction to his predictions – Markham is reluctantly brought into a scheme to expose his betrothed as a suspected serial husband-poisoner.That night the enigmatic fortune teller – and chief accuser – is found dead in an impossible locked-room setup, casting suspicion onto Grant and striking doubt into the heart of her lover. Lured by the scent of the impossible case, Dr Gideon Fell arrives from London to examine the perplexing evidence and match wits with a meticulous killer at large.

Also known by its US title The Problem of the Green Capsule, this classic novel is widely regarded as one of John Dickson Carr's masterpieces and remains among the greatest impossible crime mysteries of all time.

A curse shall befall anyone who takes the bronze lamp out of Egypt, so a seer has said. Lady Helen Loring thinks such tales are sheer poppycock. She takes the lamp back to England, she places it on the mantelpiece at Serven Hall, and she disappears, just as the seer said.

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. Reissue.

Dr. Gideon Fell, a history professor, agrees to help Scotland Yard investigate the baffling murder of Martin Starberth, who seems to be the victim of a family curse

Professor Charles Grimaud was explaining to some friends the natural causes behind an ancient superstition about men leaving their coffins when a stranger entered and challenged Grimaud's skepticism. The stranger asserted that he had risen from his own coffin and that four walls meant nothing to him. He added, 'My brother can do more... he wants your life and will call on you!' The brother came during a snowstorm, walked through the locked front door, shot Grimaud and vanished. The tragedy brought Dr Gideon Fell into the bizarre mystery of a killer who left no footprints.

Death and tennis meet in one of impossible crime master John Dickson Carr's most memorable cases.

A cultivated detective story set aboard an ocean liner. Detective Dr. Fell assists Captain Whistler in solving a case that unfolds on his luxury ship traveling from New York to Southampton. During the voyage, the nephew of a government official is attacked, and a portion of an amateur film he made, featuring his uncle in a compromising situation, is stolen. The film's release could have dire consequences for his uncle's career. Additionally, Lord Sturton's rare jewel, the "Emerald Elephant," goes missing, and his assistant is murdered. As Dr. Fell investigates, he uncovers discrepancies regarding the lord's identity, ultimately revealing the culprit and bringing the case to a successful conclusion.

A man is discovered dead in an unlocked room in the English countryside, shot in the head, with all evidence suggesting a recent visitor as the culprit. The presence of a tarot card, The Eight of Swords, adds an intriguing layer to the mystery, hinting at themes of justice and fate. This seemingly straightforward crime scene invites deeper investigation, as the characters unravel the true story behind the murder and the significance of the clue left by the killer.

Set in the eerie Plague Court, a once-grand estate haunted by the ghost of Louis Playge, the story unfolds as a new owner seeks to rid the property of its supernatural presence. However, the murder of a medium hired for this purpose raises chilling questions among the guests. With the crime occurring in a locked hut and an untouched circle of mud surrounding the scene, paranoia escalates as they grapple with the possibility of a cunning murderer among them, blurring the lines between the supernatural and human malice.

A witches' brew ... in a castle on the Rhine. Three inexplicable murders lead world-famous sleuth Bencolin into a strange case of twisted revenge. It was a case complicated by ghosts, old legends, werewolves, magic ... and by a fascinating list of suspects: a mad duchess, an actor with a Hamlet complex, a virtuoso who likes to play his violin in the dark, a glamorous young lady who paints in the modern manner, a dynamic Belgian financier and his beautiful, weak-willed wife, and a newspaperman whose job is to report on Europe's haunted castles. Here is a sizzling witches' brew of murder and mayhem, seasoned with the typical Carr wit, and served up in an eerie Gothic setting.

An early gem from one of the great writers of the classic crime genre, in which Inspector Bencolin must tread the streets of a foggy London in search of a fictional bogeyman, Jack Ketch, who appears to be on a murder spree.

Wealthy young Christopher Kent has undertaken a that he cannot work his way from South Africa to England without recourse to his own bank account. With less than twenty-four hours left before he can reveal himself and win the bet, Kent arrives at a London hotel he knows, hoping to scam a meal--only to find himself trapped in a room with a half open trunk and a dead woman's body.

At the hand of an outrageous prankster, top hats are going missing all over London, snatched from the heads of some of the city’s most powerful people—but is the hat thief the same as the person responsible for stealing a lost story by Edgar Allan Poe, the manuscript of which has just disappeared from the collection of Sir William Bitton? Unlike the manuscript, the hats don’t stay stolen for long, each one reappearing in unexpected and conspicuous places shortly after being taken: on the top of a Trafalgar Square statue, hanging from a Scotland Yard lamppost, and now, in the foggy depths of the Tower of London, on the head of a corpse with a crossbow bolt through the heart. Amateur detective and lexicographer Dr. Gideon Fell is on the case, and when the dead man is identified as the nephew of the collector, he discovers that the connections underlying the bizarre and puzzling crimes may be more intimate than initially expected. Reprinted for the first time in thirty years, the second novel in the Dr. Gideon Fell series, which need not be read in any order, finds the iconic character investigating one of the most extraordinary murders of his career. A baffling whodunnit with menace at every turn, The Mad Hatter Mystery proves that Carr is the “unexcelled master of creepy erudition, swift-moving excitement and suspense through atmosphere” (New York Times).

Was the madwoman dead or alive. The two beautiful Devereaux girls came from an old and distinguished family -- with an old and unfortunate streak of madness in it. Now Cecilia was still alive and Margot was dead . . . murdered. And it was up to Dr. Gideon Fell to discover as quickly as possible which of them was (or had been) a sexually twisted, dangerously cunning madwoman.

Beside the dead body of Sir Maurice Lawes are the shattered fragments of a snuff-box that once belonged to Napoleon. These fragments tell a tale, or rather two tales, one true and one false. Now, an English expert in criminology forces the evidence to tell the truth about what happened and to point out the real murderer. Reissue.

Ten minutes after the Duc de Saligny entered the card room, the police burst in - and found he had been murdered. Both doors to the card room had been watched yet the murderer had gone in and out without being seen by anyone . '

The scene in Papa La-Bas is New Orleans in 1858. There, strong men, lovely women, dark magic and violence swirl around Senator Judah P. Benjamin, who can solve any problem by logical analysis, and Richard Macrae, Her Majesty's Consul, when they witness a devilish murder.

Eine Auswahl der besten Krimi-Stories aus dem führenden Kriminal-Magazin der Welt. Diese Ausgabe enthält Geschichten von Matt Taylor, Jane Speed, John Dickson Carr, Ed McBain, Edwin Carter, Lilian Jackson Braun, Hugh B. Cave, Archie Goodwin, Michael Zuroy und Henry Slesar: Die Story von dem alten Mann, der den Mörder genau kannte... Die Story von der Badenixe, die ein Gespräch belauschte... Die Story von dem Geld, das im verschlossenen Zimmer verschwand... Die Story von dem Komiker, der bei seinem Tod 40 Millionen Zeugen hatte... Die Story von dem Feigling, der plötzlich Mut bewies... Die Story von der Katze, die den Tod ihres „Sohnes“ rächte... Die Story von dem Killer, der seinen Verfolger unterschätzte... Die Story von dem Buchhalter, der sich seinen Traum nicht nehmen ließ... Die Story von dem Ehemann, der sich vernachlässigt fühlte... Die Story von dem Neffen, der seinen Onkel beerben wollte...

Ve třech detektivních povídkách z londýnského prostředí může čtenář hledat motivy a krajní meze, které člověka doženou až k vraždě. V prvním detektivním příběhu pátráme po vrahovi snoubence dcery neoblomného soudce Iretona, v druhé detektivní povídce se zamýšlíme nad nenávistí odborníků, z nichž každý obhajuje svou pravdu a ve třetím detektivním příběhu pátráme po vrahovi pracovníka jednoho londýnského klenotnického oddělení. Tento svazek obsahuje díla: Prapodivný případ Případ ustavičných sebevražd Svědkem je Měsíc

Dva detektivní příběhy, z nichž první se odehrává v předválečné Francii a druhý ve Skotsku ve válečných letech. „Císařova tabatěrka“ se odehrává v předválečné Francii. Policejní prefekt Goron vyšetřuje vraždu sira M. Lawese, sběratele starožitných tretek. Nebýt toho, že si k vyšetřování pozval svého přítele doktoraKinrosse, psychologa, byla by z vraždy usvědčena nevinná osoba. „Případ ustavičných sebevražd“ se odehrává ve Skotsku ve válečných letech. Zde je úkolem vyšetřovatele zjistit, zda pan Angus Campbell spáchal sebevraždu skokem ze zámecké věže, či zda ho někdo shodil. Případem je pověřen doktor Fell. V průběhu vyšetřování dochází k dalšímu pádu z věže a k jedné sebevraždě oběšením…

Vous êtes Bill Dawson. Vous êtes britannique, coincé à New York. Vous êtes fauché et désespéré, et un inconnu vient de vous payer 10 000 $ pour l'imiter dans une situation périlleuse. Puis l'inconnu est empoisonné sous les yeux de tout le monde dans un bar de Greenwich Village - et personne ne voit l'empoisonneur. Vous volez à Londres avec un passeport falsifié et vous devez vous cacher de Scotland Yard tout en traquant un tueur. Dans une incroyable maison de luxe, un vieil homme vous murmure malicieusement au-dessus de ses pièces d'échecs en jade : "vous allez mourir..." Une tarentule mortelle arrive par la poste. La belle fille dans la chambre d'hôtel voisine dit que vous avez passé la nuit avec elle - et vous souhaiteriez que ce soit vrai. Mettez vos talents à l'épreuve avec les 9 mauvaises réponses : 1. Bill Dawson marchait-il dans un piège ? 2. Le premier meurtre était-il un suicide ? 3. Le dîner chez Gaylord se terminerait-il par la mort ? 4. Que s'est-il passé avec la secrétaire de l'avocat ? 5. Quelle belle fille était du côté de Dawson ? 6. Y avait-il une douzaine de meurtres, ou seulement un ? 7. Dawson serait-il pendu pour le crime d'un autre ? 8. Son meilleur ami faisait-il partie du complot ? 9. Les morts pouvaient-ils commettre un meurtre ? John Dickson Carr vous éblouit avec neuf fausses solutions à son mystère le plus excitant et extraordinaire - puis révèle la réponse explosive et étonnante, cachée.

In een spookhuis op het Engelse platteland worden tijdens een feestje een raadselachtige moord en een aanslag op één van de gasten gepleegd

V osamělé a opuštěné vile na okraji Paříže je nalezeno mrtvé tělo známé kurtizány. Všechny důkazy svědčí o tom, že ji zabil její bývalý milenec, ale postupně se objevují další podezřelí. Případ se komplikuje čtyřmi falešnými vražednými zbraněmi a perfektními alibi podezíraných osob. Henri Bencolin, podivínský detektiv ve výslužbě, se nenechá zmást, a nakonec svým ostrovtipem a důkladností odhalí vraha a lstí rozbourá jeho dokonalé alibi...

Eine Sammlung von Werken u. a. von Mary Roberts Rinehart, John Dickson Carr und Leslie Thomas, illustriert mit Vignetten und umfasst 392 Seiten.

Mehrere Mitglieder der schottischen Campbell-Familie stürzen sich vom Turm ihrer Burg zu Tode. Erst Gedeon Fell - Gelehrter von Beruf, Detektiv aus Neigung - entschlüsselt die mysteriöse Selstmord-Serie mit verblüffender Logik.

Vier bekannte Londoner Personlichkeiten treffen sich zu nachtlicher Stunde: 3 findet man mit gefahrlichen Vergiftungen, den Gastgeber jedoch erstochen in der Wohnung liegen. Klassischer Kriminalroman von 1938

Je po válce a v Beltringeově restauraci se má znovu setkat Klub vražd – spolek amatérských detektivů, kteří společně diskutují nad známými případy nevysvětlených zločinů. A na tomto setkání poprvé slyší mladý Miles Hammond o Fay Setonové, dívce zapletené do vraždy, ke které před válkou došlo na vrcholku staré polorozbořené věže ve Francii. Jejich cesty se protnou v Greywoodu, v domě uprostřed lesů New Forrest. Milese před tou ženou všichni varují, ale on nesmyslným báchorkám odmítne uvěřit. A pak – po půlnoci – někdo v domě vystřelí. Jedna z žen v pokoji nad schody je ve stavu, který hraničí se smrtí. Co nebo koho mohla vidět za oknem, šest metrů nad zemí? A kdo šeptal v jejím pokoji chvíli předtím? To je jen jeden z problémů, se kterými se potýká detektiv Dr. Fell. Jak spolu souvisí lahvička parfému, meč schovaný v holi a taška, která zmizela? Všechny důkazy jsou čtenáři poctivě předkládány a téměř každý rozhovor a vyprávění v knize v sobě skrývají klíč k řešení, který je ovšem nutné správně interpretovat. John Dickson Carr, mistr klasické detektivky, zvlášť jejího specifického žánru zvaného záhada zamčeného pokoje, je autorem knihy, kterou držíte v ruce. Ten, kdo šeptá potěší každého čtenáře klasické detektivky zlaté éry a nadchne všechny fanoušky J. D. Carra a jeho detektiva Dr. Gideona Fella.

Questa antologia contiene: Festa di Natale di Rex Stout; Fai i tuoi acquisti natalizi in anticipo di Robert Somerlott; La collana di perle di Dorothy L. Sayers; Padre Crumlish festeggia il Natale di Alice Scanlan Reach; Il mascherata di Natale di S. S. Rafferty; La bambola del Delfino di Ellery Queen; Con cura dal camino di Nick O'Donohoe; Il problema del campanile di Natale di Edward D. Hoch; Morte la vigilia di Natale di Stanley Ellin; L'avventura degli unici Dickensiani di August Derleth; Il cappuccio del cieco di John Dickson Carr; e Il tredicesimo giorno di Natale di Isaac Asimov.

Crime On the Coast bringt Mord und Intrigen in einen lebhaften Badeort in diesem klassischen Kriminalroman mit einer seltsamen Wendung, einem irrtümlichen Opfer und einer schwer fassbaren Heldin.