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mysteryofmurder.wordpress.com
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| | | | | The 1940s were as much an opening door as they were a closing one as far as classical detection is concerned. Mysteries in the ilk of Agatha Christie's puzzlers and John Dickson Carr's miracle murders were slowly falling out of vogue. Save for a few writers who persisted in the craft, the old-school whodunit was... | |
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thereaderiswarned.wordpress.com
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| | | | | John Dickson Carr's first novel is like a perfectly drawn map of everything he would go on to achieve and master in his career as an author of astounding detective fiction. In It Walks By Night(1930)we have the beginning of all things 'Carrian'. The rich and velvety use of prose to describe character and scene,... | |
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ahsweetmystery.com
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| | | | | This past weekend, my Book Club tackled a title I have referred to in the past as "John Dickson Carr'sRoger Ackroyd" - this would be 1937'sThe Burning Court. I have spoken at length about the book before, but I have to mention that this month's meeting offered us the rare treat of having a guest... | |
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ahsweetmystery.com
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| | | My Book Club decided to read John Dickson Carr last month - one of his best, I must say - but since I had just re-read it a mere - oh, wait, has it been six years already?!? - I decided to return to my long-standing series, A Carter Dickson Celebration. Since it has beenalmost... | ||
