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John Dickson Carr (November 30, 1906 – February 27, 1977) was an American author of detective stories, who also published using the pseudonyms Carter Dickson, Carr Dickson, and Roger Fairbairn. He lived in England for a number of years, and is often grouped among "British-style" mystery writers.
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Mar 15, 2022 · John Dickson Carr (1906-1977) was one of the most prominent mystery novelists during the Golden Age of detective fiction, loosely defined as the period between the two world wars.
John Dickson Carr was a U.S. writer of detective fiction whose work, both intellectual and macabre, is considered among the best in the genre. Carr’s first novel, It Walks by Night (1930), won favour that endured as Carr continued to create well-researched “locked-room” puzzles of historical.
John Dickson Carr has 405 books on Goodreads with 126403 ratings. John Dickson Carr’s most popular book is The Three Coffins (Dr. Gideon Fell, #6).
Mar 1, 1977 · John Dickson Carr, author of 120 mystery novels and hundreds of short stories, died of cancer Sunday in Greenville, S.C., where he made his home. He was 70 years old.
Nov 12, 2020 · The Edgar Award-winning author is known as one of the greatest writers of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, and for good reason. Here are the best John Dickson Carr books.
John Dickson Carr was born on 30 November 1906 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer, known for The Man with a Cloak (1951), Dangerous Crossing (1953) and The Burning Court (1962). He was married to Clarice Cleaves. He died on 27 February 1977 in Greenville, South Carolina, USA.
This is John Dickson Carr at his puzzling, ingenious, and atmospheric best, with a sensational, stunning ending. The set-up sounds like a standard "golden age" mystery plot: a wealthy man is murdered, apparently by poison in a locked room.
Hollow Man. John Dickson Carr. 3.83. 3,487 ratings380 reviews. Two murders are committed in such a fashion that the murderer must not only have been invisible - but lighter than air!