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(John Dickson Carr was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, in 1906. It Walks by Night, his first published detective novel, featuring the Frenchman Henri Bencolin, was published in 1930. Apart from Dr Fell, whose first appearance was in Hag's Nook in 1933, Carr's other series detectives (published under the nom de plume of Carter Dickson) were the barrister Sir Henry Merrivale, who debuted in The Plague Court Murders (1934).
Genres: Mystery
Series
Henri Bencolin
1. It Walks By Night (1930)
2. Castle Skull (1931)
3. The Lost Gallows (1931)
4. The Corpse in the Waxworks (1932)
aka The Waxworks Murder
5. The Four False Weapons (1937)
1. It Walks By Night (1930)
2. Castle Skull (1931)
3. The Lost Gallows (1931)
4. The Corpse in the Waxworks (1932)
aka The Waxworks Murder
5. The Four False Weapons (1937)
Dr. Gideon Fell
1. Hag's Nook (1932)
2. The Mad Hatter Mystery (1933)
3. The Eight of Swords (1934)
4. The Blind Barber (1934)
5. Death-Watch (1935)
6. The Hollow Man (1935)
aka The Three Coffins
7. The Arabian Nights Murder (1936)
8. The Crooked Hinge (1938)
9. To Wake the Dead (1938)
10. The Black Spectacles (1939)
11. The Problem of the Wire Cage (1939)
12. The Man Who Could Not Shudder (1940)
13. The Case of the Constant Suicides (1941)
14. The Seat of the Scornful (1942)
aka Death Turns the Tables
15. Till Death Do Us Part (1944)
16. He Who Whispers (1946)
17. The Sleeping Sphinx (1947)
18. Below Suspicion (1949)
19. The Dead Man's Knock (1958)
20. In Spite of Thunder (1960)
21. The House at Satan's Elbow (1965)
22. Panic in Box C (1966)
23. Dark of the Moon (1967)
1. Hag's Nook (1932)
2. The Mad Hatter Mystery (1933)
3. The Eight of Swords (1934)
4. The Blind Barber (1934)
5. Death-Watch (1935)
6. The Hollow Man (1935)
aka The Three Coffins
7. The Arabian Nights Murder (1936)
8. The Crooked Hinge (1938)
9. To Wake the Dead (1938)
10. The Black Spectacles (1939)
11. The Problem of the Wire Cage (1939)
12. The Man Who Could Not Shudder (1940)
13. The Case of the Constant Suicides (1941)
14. The Seat of the Scornful (1942)
aka Death Turns the Tables
15. Till Death Do Us Part (1944)
16. He Who Whispers (1946)
17. The Sleeping Sphinx (1947)
18. Below Suspicion (1949)
19. The Dead Man's Knock (1958)
20. In Spite of Thunder (1960)
21. The House at Satan's Elbow (1965)
22. Panic in Box C (1966)
23. Dark of the Moon (1967)
Novels
Poison in Jest (1932)
The Murder of Sir Edmund Godfrey (1936)
The Burning Court (1937)
The Emperor's Snuff-Box (1942)
The Bride of Newgate (1950)
The Devil in Velvet (1951)
The Nine Wrong Answers (1952)
Captain Cut-Throat (1955)
Patrick Butler for the Defense (1956)
Fire, Burn! (1957)
The Scandal at High Chimneys (1959)
The Witch of Low Tide (1961)
The Demoniacs (1962)
Most Secret (1964)
Papa La-Bas (1968)
The Ghosts' High Noon (1969)
Deadly Hall (1971)
The Hungry Goblin (1972)
The Murder of Sir Edmund Godfrey (1936)
The Burning Court (1937)
The Emperor's Snuff-Box (1942)
The Bride of Newgate (1950)
The Devil in Velvet (1951)
The Nine Wrong Answers (1952)
Captain Cut-Throat (1955)
Patrick Butler for the Defense (1956)
Fire, Burn! (1957)
The Scandal at High Chimneys (1959)
The Witch of Low Tide (1961)
The Demoniacs (1962)
Most Secret (1964)
Papa La-Bas (1968)
The Ghosts' High Noon (1969)
Deadly Hall (1971)
The Hungry Goblin (1972)
Collections
The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes (1954) (with Adrian Conan Doyle)
More Exploits Of Sherlock Holmes (1954) (with Adrian Conan Doyle)
Third Bullet and Other Stories (1954)
The Men Who Explained Miracles (1964)
The Island of Coffins (2021)
The Kindling Spark (2022)
More Exploits Of Sherlock Holmes (1954) (with Adrian Conan Doyle)
Third Bullet and Other Stories (1954)
The Men Who Explained Miracles (1964)
The Island of Coffins (2021)
The Kindling Spark (2022)
Non fiction
Omnibus editions
Till Death Do Us Part / Intrigue for Empire / Give 'Em the Axe (1944) (with A A Fair and Kathleen Moore Knight)
Sleeping Sphinx / Beagle Scented Murder / Death of a Doll (1948) (with Frank Gruber and Hilda Lawrence)
Crime on the Coast / No Flowers by Request (1987) (with Dorothy L Sayers)
The John Dickson Carr Omnibus (2000)
Sleeping Sphinx / Beagle Scented Murder / Death of a Doll (1948) (with Frank Gruber and Hilda Lawrence)
Crime on the Coast / No Flowers by Request (1987) (with Dorothy L Sayers)
The John Dickson Carr Omnibus (2000)
Anthologies containing stories by John Dickson Carr
Daring Detectives (1969)
Great Tales of Mystery and Suspense (1981)
Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction (1983)
Realms of Darkness (1985)
Great Tales of Mystery and Suspense (1981)
Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction (1983)
Realms of Darkness (1985)
Short stories
| Blind Man's Hand | |||
| The Wrong Problem | |||
| The Other Hangman (1935) | |||
| The Footprint In the Sky (1944) |
John Dickson Carr recommends
Blowback (1977)
(Nameless Detective, book 4)
Bill Pronzini
"An immensely likeable addition to the roster of private investigators."
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