John Dickson Carr (1906–1977)

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John Dickson Carr, the master of locked room mysteries, was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, in 1906. He was educated at Haverford College and the Sorbonne in Paris. Carr is a prolific writer with more than 80 novels and collections of short stories to his credit. He began his writing career at the mehr anzeigen age of 26 with his first published novel, It Walks At Night. Some of his most popular works are The Three Coffins (1935), The Burning Coat (1937), and The Bride of Newgate (1951). Carr also collaborated with Adrian Doyle, the son of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes (1954). Carr met his wife in 1932 and settled in England in 1933. He was drafted by the United States military in World War II, and was ordered to remain in England and work with the BBC. He lived in many cities throughout the world until 1967, when he permanently moved to Greenville, South Carolina. John Dickson Carr also wrote mystery novels under the name Carter Dickson. He died in Greenville in 1977. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen

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Rechtmäßiger Name: Carr, John Dickson
Andere Namen: Dickson, Carter
Dickson, Carr
Fairbairn, Roger
Geburtstag: 1906-11-30
Todestag: 1977-02-27
Begräbnisort: Springwood Cemetery, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Geschlecht: male
Nationalität: USA
Geburtsort: Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA
Sterbeort: Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Wohnorte: England, UK
Greenville, South Carolina, USA (Tod)
Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA (Geburt)
Ausbildung: Haverford College
Sorbonne, Paris, Frankreich
Berufe: Romanautor
Kurzgeschichtenautor
Organisationen: Baker Street Irregulars
Detection Club (Britain)
Preise und Auszeichnungen: MWA Grand Master (1963)
Ellery Queen prize (for short stories)

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To Wake The Dead (Dr Gideon Fell Book 9) (English… von John Dickson Carr

Do Not Disturb. Dead Woman.
Review of The Murder Room eBook (November 19, 2012) of the Harper and Brothers hardcover original (1938)

‘Let me understand this,’ he said. ‘Things have come to a fine pass. You don’t know what people are thinking even when they tell you. What do you call that?’
From the head of the table Dr. Fell put down his glass and spoke.
‘I call it,’ he said, ‘a detective story.’

'A master magician ... the King of the Art of Misdirection.' - cover blurb by Agatha Christie for this edition of To Wake the Dead.

To Wake the Dead is another one of John Dickson Carr's "impossible crime" novels featuring Dr. Gideon Fell as the amateur sleuth who explains it all when the police authorities are baffled. This one involves a dead body being found in a Piccadilly Circus hotel room with a sign hanging on the door saying "Do Not Disturb. Dead Woman."

See cover at https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/...
The front cover of the original 1938 Harper and Brothers hardcover. Image sourced from Goodreads.

Various individuals had been seen entering the room earlier in the evening but there was also a side door which allowed for unobserved exits. The woman was travelling as part of a tour group and her husband had been murdered a few weeks earlier. Now she herself has fallen victim. A bracelet has gone missing but then mysteriously reappears. A pair of mismatched women's suede shoes have been left outside the hotel room for 'polishing.' An unknown hotel employee was apparently seen outside the hotel room door with a pile of towels hiding their face. A drunken man insists that he saw a hotel employee at the country estate where the husband died. The drunk himself is arrested on suspicion, and is locked up at the time of the 2nd murder. How can it all be explained?

Dr. Fell figures it out of course, but the explanation is pretty outrageous and felt like cheating i.e. someone who couldn't have committed the crimes is still proved to be the perpetrator. It was a definite 10 out of 10 on the Berengaria Ease of Solving Scale i.e. impossible to solve by the reader.

Trivia and Links
John Dickson Carr (1906-1977) is one of the 99 authors listed in The Book of Forgotten Authors (2017) by Christopher Fowler. He is No. 20 in the alphabetical listing which you can see towards the bottom of my review here.

John Dickson Carr took the inspiration for Dr. Gideon Fell's appearance from that of author G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936), writer of the Father Brown mysteries and other works.

See photograph at https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Gilbert_Chesterton.jpg...
Photograph of G.K. Chesterton. Image sourced from Wikipedia.

The source of the name Dr. Fell is apparently from the apocryphal epigram:

I do not like thee, Doctor Fell,
The reason why – I cannot tell;
But this I know, and know full well,
I do not like thee, Doctor Fell.

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The Crooked Hinge (American Mystery Classics) von John Dickson Carr

Something Crooked This Way Comes
Review of the Penzler Publishers American Mystery Classics eBook (October 1, 2019) of the Harper and Brothers hardcover original (1938)

We shall have to take our choice. On the one hand we have a somewhat preposterous suicide; but on the other hand, unfortunately, we have a more than somewhat impossible murder. Will someone kindly oblige me with an idea?

The Crooked Hinge is from towards the middle of the pack of Carr's Dr. Gideon Fell mysteries. I had randomly picked it up as a Kindle Deal of the Day and it isn't necessary to read the books in order. It is also listed quite high at #4 in a ranking of best "locked rooms / impossible crimes" novels. Carr is often considered the top writer of those scenarios. They usually involve a solution which is by necessity extremely elaborate and not very realistic, but as long as you are willing to go along, they can be very entertaining.

This one is par for the course. It takes a sort of Return of Martin Guerre scenario where there are two claimants to a baronetcy. One of them has already established themself in the position when another claimant appears, they have a lawyer and a supposed proof of their claim. Then one of the claimants dies, perhaps by suicide or was it an impossible murder? The man was observed standing outside with no one else seen nearby when he dies. The supposed "proof" also disappears. Somehow an automaton in the attic is involved, which seemingly moves unaided. Then a maid disappears. Then there appears to be a tie-in to a murder from a year ago which had previously been thought to be solved. Then there is apparent witchcraft involved.

You will think that there can't possibly be a solution to all this. Dr. Gideon Fell is of course on hand to explain it. In the end, the culprit also provides a complete confession which contains reveal after reveal, twist upon twist.

See cover at https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/...
The front cover of the original 1938 Harper and Brothers hardcover. Image sourced from Goodreads.

Trivia and Links
John Dickson Carr (1906-1977) is one of the 99 authors listed in The Book of Forgotten Authors (2017) by Christopher Fowler. He is No. 20 in the alphabetical listing which you can see towards the bottom of my review here.

This edition of The Crooked Hinge is part of the Otto Penzler American Mystery Classics series (2018-ongoing). There is a related Goodreads Listopia here with 57 books listed as of mid April 2024. There are currently 71 titles listed at the Mysterious Press online bookshop. The official website for the series at Penzler Publishers seems to show only the most recent and upcoming titles.

John Dickson Carr took the inspiration for Dr. Gideon Fell's appearance from that of author G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936), writer of the Father Brown mysteries and other works.
See photograph at https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Gilbert_Chesterton.jpg...
Photograph of G.K. Chesterton. Image sourced from Wikipedia.
The source of the name Dr. Fell is apparently from the apocryphal epigram: