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jamesscottbyrnside.com
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| | | | It doesn't take far into Carr's oeuvre before a reader begins to recognize the signposts. Here's the meet-cute and there's the first brief mention of the curse/legend/myth which will soon be tragically reenacted for our ghoulish pleasure. The foolish authority figure (not quite so foolish this time round), the suspicious relatives, and the blusterous authority... | |
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playingatdetection.com
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| | | | Oh, Bacchus! The first appearance of John Dickson Carr's most famous detective, Dr. Gideon Fell is a spooky yet humourous tale of murder and mires. | |
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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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lesasbookcritiques.com
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| | When The British Library and Poisoned Pen Press decided to collaborate to publish British Library Crime Classics, they were so wise in asking Martin Edwards to write the introduction to all of the ... |