John Dickson Carr (1906–1977)
Autor von The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes
Über den Autor
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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Werke von John Dickson Carr
The Third Bullet 56 Exemplare
Dr. Fell Mysteries: To Wake the Dead/The Blind Barber/The Crooked Hinge/The Case of the Constant Suicides (1988) 45 Exemplare
Merrivale Holds the Key: Two Classic Locked-Room Mysteries: The Plague Court Murders / The Red Widow Murders (1935) 37 Exemplare
A John Dickson Carr Trio: The Three Coffins/The Crooked Hinge/The Case of the Constant Suicides (1957) 31 Exemplare
The Dr. Gideon Fell Mysteries Volume One: The Blind Barber, Death-Watch, and To Wake the Dead (2018) 7 Exemplare
The Bowstring Murders | The White Priory Murders | The Red Widow Murders | The Peacock Feather Murders (1961) 6 Exemplare
Gideon Fell - There is No Perfect Crime: The Black Spectacles/Till Death Do Us Part/He Who Whispers/The Sleeping Sphinx (1976) 5 Exemplare
The Detective in Fiction and Harem-Scarem 4 Exemplare
カー短篇集. 3 3 Exemplare
The John Dickson Carr Omnibus: Hag's Nook/The Mad Hatter Mystery/The Eight of Swords (2000) 3 Exemplare
Dr Gideon Fell: The Complete BBC Radio Drama Collection: Eight Full-Cast Crime Dramas from the Golden Age of Detective… (2021) 3 Exemplare
カー短篇集. 1 3 Exemplare
カー短篇集. 2 3 Exemplare
Poison in Jest | The Bowstring Murders | The Burning Court | The Problem of the Wire Cage | The Emperor's Snuff-Box |… (2003) 2 Exemplare
Secret Radio 2 Exemplare
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Great Stories — Herausgeber — 2 Exemplare
The Other Hangman [Short Story] 2 Exemplare
Un colpo di fucile (Dr. Gideon Fell #15) 2 Exemplare
I delitti della camera chiusa, 2 1 Exemplar
O CRIME DAS MIL E UMA NOITES 1 Exemplar
Books Inc. 1 Exemplar
NOVELAS ESCOGIDAS 1 Exemplar
The Crime In Nobody's Room 1 Exemplar
New Murders for Old [short story] 1 Exemplar
Persons or Things Unknown [Short Story] 1 Exemplar
Fantasma in mare 1 Exemplar
OS TRÊS ATAÚDES 1 Exemplar
Il mistero di Muriel 1 Exemplar
Terrore sul Ponte di Londra 1 Exemplar
Gideon Fell 1 Exemplar
Arthur Conan Doyle. Life and Work 1 Exemplar
The Wrong Problem 1 Exemplar
The Silver Curtain [short story] 1 Exemplar
Oscura sospecha 1 Exemplar
The One Real Horror [short story] 1 Exemplar
Death by Invisible Hands 1 Exemplar
Strictly Diplomatic [Short Story] 1 Exemplar
The Proverbial Murder [short story] 1 Exemplar
The Incautious Burglar [Short Story] 1 Exemplar
O Enigma da Virgem de Ferro Livro 41 1 Exemplar
Ocho espadas 1 Exemplar
Svart sanbat 1 Exemplar
O ENIGMA DA CRIPTA 1 Exemplar
O CASO DO COCHE FANTASMA 1 Exemplar
El que susurra 1 Exemplar
The Murder in Number Four [short story] 1 Exemplar
Mediodía de espectros 1 Exemplar
El codo de Satanás 1 Exemplar
℗Un ℗colpo di fucile: La *sfinge dormiente 1 Exemplar
Il-Kastell Ras ta' Mewt 1 Exemplar
Cloak and Dagger — Autor — 1 Exemplar
Novelas escogidas 1 Exemplar
Il Cappellaio Matto 1 Exemplar
Zugehörige Werke
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural: A Treasury of Spellbinding Tales Old & New (1985) — Mitwirkender — 524 Exemplare
The Game Is Afoot: Parodies, Pastiches, and Ponderings of Sherlock Holmes (1994) — Mitwirkender — 198 Exemplare
London After Midnight : A Tour of Its Criminal Haunts (1996) — Mitwirkender; Mitwirkender — 135 Exemplare
The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes (2000) — Mitwirkender — 119 Exemplare
101 Years' Entertainment: The Great Detective Stories 1841-1941 (1941) — Mitwirkender — 102 Exemplare
Ghosts from the Library: Lost Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (2023) — Mitwirkender — 48 Exemplare
The Mystery Hall of Fame: An Anthology of Classic Mystery and Suspense Stories (1984) — Mitwirkender — 32 Exemplare
Murder Impossible: An Extravaganza of Miraculous Murders Fantastic Felonies & Incredible Criminals (1990) — Mitwirkender — 31 Exemplare
All but Impossible! An Anthology of Locked Room and Impossible Crime Stories by Members of the Mystery Writers of… (1981) — Mitwirkender — 29 Exemplare
Bodies from the Library 5: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense from the Golden Age of Detection (2022) — Mitwirkender — 28 Exemplare
To the Queen's Taste: The First Supplement to 101 Years' Entertainment; Consisting of the Best Stories Published in the… (1946) — Mitwirkender — 24 Exemplare
Senior Sleuths: A Large Print Anthology of Mysteries and Puzzlers (1989) — Mitwirkender — 17 Exemplare
The Locked-Room Mysteries (The Four Just Men, The Mystery of the Yellow Room, The Hollow Man) (2017) — Mitwirkender — 14 Exemplare
Academy Mystery Novellas: Women Sleuths, Police Procedurals, Locked Room Puzzles, Great British Detectives ( BOX Set) (1985) — Mitwirkender — 14 Exemplare
More Murder on Cue: Stage, Screen & Radio Favorites: Stories from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1988) — Mitwirkender — 11 Exemplare
Tricks and Treats: An Anthology of Mystery Stories by the Mystery Writers of America (1976) — Mitwirkender — 9 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1957, Vol. 12, No. 1 (1957) — Mitwirkender — 9 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1955, Vol. 8, No. 1 (1955) — Mitwirkender — 6 Exemplare
Nieuwe verhalen die Hitchcock koos — Mitwirkender — 6 Exemplare
Detective Omnibus — Mitwirkender — 6 Exemplare
Crimes and Misfortunes: The Anthony Boucher Memorial Anthology of Mysteries — Mitwirkender — 4 Exemplare
Detektivhistorier fra Sherlock Holmes til Hercule Poirot — Mitwirkender — 3 Exemplare
Detective-verhalen — Mitwirkender — 3 Exemplare
Detective-omnibus — Mitwirkender — 3 Exemplare
The Waxworks Murder | A Gun to Play With | An Air That Kills — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
Ellery Queen's 1966 Anthology — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
The Dark Eyes of London | The Eight of Swords | The Iron Gates | The Second Confession | The Tragedy of Y (1965) — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
Sherlock Holmes - volume 2 : La Vallée de la peur ; Le Chien des Baskerville ; Les Archives de Sherlock Holmes ; Son… — Autor — 1 Exemplar
Club del Misterio volum 10 -Conferencia sobre la habitación cerrada- (1982) — Einführung — 1 Exemplar
Bedrooms Have Windows | Ninth Life | The Door to Doom — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
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Wissenswertes
- 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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The Nine Wrong Answers von John Dickson Carr
The reader gets nine chances to solve this convoluted murder before the writer has mercy on us to sort it out. It is fun. the book was written in 1952, so I clearly read an earlier edition.
Topped at the Tower
Review of the Penzler Publishers American Mystery Classics eBook (July 17, 2019) of the Harper and Brothers hardcover original (1933).
The Mad Hatter Mystery is the second of Carr's Dr. Gideon Fell mysteries. It is not quite in Carr's trademark "locked room" style, as the murder appears to have taken place in the open air by the Tower of London. It is still an apparently impossible crime though with the usual elaborate explanation required to get to the final solution. There is also an odd subplot complication where someone is stealing various hats from public figures and authorities, such as an opera top hat, a policeman's helmet, a lawyer's wig, etc. To add to the mystery, the dead body is found with one of the hats on his head. Then there is a stolen manuscript of a rare Edgar Allan Poe story. Only Docter Fell can explain it all!
See cover at https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/...
The front cover of the original 1933 Harper and Brothers hardcover. Image sourced from Goodreads.
I am really enjoying the Dr. Gideon Fell mysteries, especially in the enhanced editions with Foreword Introductions by other authors in the American Mystery Classics series. Unlike almost all of the other Golden Age of Crime writers, there are almost no film or TV adaptations of John Dickson Carr's novels. I think the reason is that the crimes are so elaborate, that they would probably play out as farce if they were presented in dramatized film versions. Also, the mysteries are basically unsolvable, all being 10s out of 10 on the Berengaria Ease of Solving Scale (i.e. impossible to solve). There are always slim clues presented which you do realize in hindsight, but the misdirection is so complete that you'll miss picking up the thread. Anyway, I find them quite a delight.
Trivia and Links
This book is in the Public Domain and there are various online sources where it is available to read such as at archive.org
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 Mad Hatter Mystery 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 late 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:
Review of the Penzler Publishers American Mystery Classics eBook (July 17, 2019) of the Harper and Brothers hardcover original (1933).
You see, General, in his own way Doctor Fell is invaluable. But he gets his ideas of police procedure from the cinema, and he is under the impression that he can act any sort of part. Whenever I let him question anybody in my presence he tries to give an imitation of me.
The Mad Hatter Mystery is the second of Carr's Dr. Gideon Fell mysteries. It is not quite in Carr's trademark "locked room" style, as the murder appears to have taken place in the open air by the Tower of London. It is still an apparently impossible crime though with the usual elaborate explanation required to get to the final solution. There is also an odd subplot complication where someone is stealing various hats from public figures and authorities, such as an opera top hat, a policeman's helmet, a lawyer's wig, etc. To add to the mystery, the dead body is found with one of the hats on his head. Then there is a stolen manuscript of a rare Edgar Allan Poe story. Only Docter Fell can explain it all!
“‘It must be confessed,’” he repeated, “‘it will be confessed; there is no refuge from confession but suicide, and suicide is confession.’” - Doctor Fell quotes lawyer Daniel Webster as he begins to zero in on the solution to the crime.
See cover at https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/...
The front cover of the original 1933 Harper and Brothers hardcover. Image sourced from Goodreads.
I am really enjoying the Dr. Gideon Fell mysteries, especially in the enhanced editions with Foreword Introductions by other authors in the American Mystery Classics series. Unlike almost all of the other Golden Age of Crime writers, there are almost no film or TV adaptations of John Dickson Carr's novels. I think the reason is that the crimes are so elaborate, that they would probably play out as farce if they were presented in dramatized film versions. Also, the mysteries are basically unsolvable, all being 10s out of 10 on the Berengaria Ease of Solving Scale (i.e. impossible to solve). There are always slim clues presented which you do realize in hindsight, but the misdirection is so complete that you'll miss picking up the thread. Anyway, I find them quite a delight.
Trivia and Links
This book is in the Public Domain and there are various online sources where it is available to read such as at archive.org
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 Mad Hatter Mystery 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 late 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:
I do not like thee, Doctor Fell,… (mehr)
The reason why – I cannot tell;
But this I know, and know full well,
I do not like thee, Doctor Fell.
Do Not Disturb. Dead Woman.
Review of The Murder Room eBook (November 19, 2012) of the Harper and Brothers hardcover original (1938)
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:
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,… (mehr)
The reason why – I cannot tell;
But this I know, and know full well,
I do not like thee, Doctor Fell.
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)
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:
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:
I do not like thee, Doctor Fell,… (mehr)
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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