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John Dickson Carr (1906–1977)

Forfatter af Sherlock Holmes' bedrifter

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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 vis mere 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) vis mindre

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Værker af John Dickson Carr

Sherlock Holmes' bedrifter (1954) 786 eksemplarer
The Three Coffins (1935) 774 eksemplarer
Døden spiller på sækkepibe (1941) 372 eksemplarer
Hag's Nook (1955) 370 eksemplarer
The Mad Hatter Mystery (1933) 366 eksemplarer
The Crooked Hinge (1938) 366 eksemplarer
The Burning Court (1937) 334 eksemplarer
The Emperor's Snuff-Box (1942) 332 eksemplarer
He Who Whispers (1946) 311 eksemplarer
The White Priory Murders (1934) 301 eksemplarer
It Walks By Night (1930) 297 eksemplarer
The Problem of the Green Capsule (1939) 295 eksemplarer
Death-Watch (1935) 289 eksemplarer
The Blind Barber (1934) 288 eksemplarer
The Corpse in the Waxworks (1932) 272 eksemplarer
The Judas Window (1938) — Forfatter — 270 eksemplarer
The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1949) 251 eksemplarer
Castle Skull (1931) 242 eksemplarer
The Devil in Velvet (1951) 238 eksemplarer
Fire, Burn! (1957) 237 eksemplarer
To Wake the Dead (1938) 234 eksemplarer
The Plague Court Murders (1934) 227 eksemplarer
The Red Widow Murders (1935) 226 eksemplarer
The Man Who Could Not Shudder (1940) 225 eksemplarer
The Eight of Swords (1934) 223 eksemplarer
Lord of the Sorcerers (1945) 216 eksemplarer
Below Suspicion (1949) 212 eksemplarer
The Lost Gallows (1931) 210 eksemplarer
The Arabian Nights Murder (1936) 205 eksemplarer
The Seat of the Scornful (1941) 204 eksemplarer
The Problem of the Wire Cage (1939) 202 eksemplarer
Death in Five Boxes (1938) 197 eksemplarer
The Four False Weapons (1937) 196 eksemplarer
The Skeleton in the Clock (1948) 194 eksemplarer
Poison in Jest (1932) 186 eksemplarer
The Dead Man's Knock (1958) 180 eksemplarer
Den sovende sfinks (1947) 178 eksemplarer
She Died a Lady (1943) 177 eksemplarer
A Graveyard to Let (1950) — Forfatter — 169 eksemplarer
And So to Murder (1940) 168 eksemplarer
The Peacock Feather Murders (1937) 165 eksemplarer
The Bride of Newgate (1950) 165 eksemplarer
The Nine Wrong Answers (1952) 164 eksemplarer
The Witch of the Low Tide (1961) 158 eksemplarer
Night at the Mocking Widow (1952) 156 eksemplarer
The Demoniacs (1962) 154 eksemplarer
Mørk måne (1967) 154 eksemplarer
De ¤blodige handsker (1956) 152 eksemplarer
In Spite of Thunder (1960) 149 eksemplarer
The House at Satan's Elbow (1965) 145 eksemplarer
Nine — and Death Makes Ten (1940) 141 eksemplarer
He Wouldn't Kill Patience (1944) 140 eksemplarer
The Reader is Warned (1939) 139 eksemplarer
Captain Cut-Throat (1955) 137 eksemplarer
My Late Wives (1946) 134 eksemplarer
The Cavalier's Cup (1953) 129 eksemplarer
The Unicorn Murders (1935) 127 eksemplarer
Seeing is Believing (1945) 121 eksemplarer
Behind the Crimson Blind (1952) 121 eksemplarer
Panic in Box C (1966) 119 eksemplarer
Scandal at High Chimneys (1959) 114 eksemplarer
The Magic Lantern Murders (1937) 112 eksemplarer
Døden i våbensalen (1933) 112 eksemplarer
The Gilded Man (1942) 110 eksemplarer
Papa Là-Bas (1968) 103 eksemplarer
The Men Who Explained Miracles (1963) 95 eksemplarer
Deadly Hall (1971) 84 eksemplarer
Most Secret (1934) 79 eksemplarer
The Ghosts' High Noon (1969) 73 eksemplarer
The Murder of Sir Edmund Godfrey (1962) 71 eksemplarer
The Door to Doom (1980) 63 eksemplarer
Fatal Descent (1939) 60 eksemplarer
The Third Bullet 55 eksemplarer
The Department of Queer Complaints (1940) 53 eksemplarer
The Third Bullet and Other Stories (1954) 41 eksemplarer
More Exploits of Sherlock Holmes (1963) 40 eksemplarer
Fear is the Same (1956) 36 eksemplarer
The Hungry Goblin (1972) 36 eksemplarer
Merrivale, March and Murder (1991) 31 eksemplarer
Fell and Foul Play (1991) 28 eksemplarer
Speak of the Devil (1800) 21 eksemplarer
13 to the Gallows (2008) 18 eksemplarer
Maiden Murders (1952) 11 eksemplarer
JD Carr 1: Dr. Fell - 1933-1935 (1991) 7 eksemplarer
Panic in Box C | Below Suspicion (1986) 6 eksemplarer
Blind Man's Hood (2018) 5 eksemplarer
JD Carr 2: Dr. Fell 1935-1939 (1992) 5 eksemplarer
A Dr Fell Omnibus (1959) 4 eksemplarer
カー短篇集. 1 3 eksemplarer
カー短篇集. 2 3 eksemplarer
The Kindling Spark (2022) 3 eksemplarer
カー短篇集. 3 3 eksemplarer
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Great Stories — Redaktør — 2 eksemplarer
Combretaceae in Southern Africa (1988) 2 eksemplarer
Death-Watch 2 eksemplarer
Secret Radio 2 eksemplarer
The Shadow Of The Goat (1926) 2 eksemplarer
Delitto a bordo (1977) 1 eksemplar
Repouso mortal (1993) 1 eksemplar
NOVELAS ESCOGIDAS 1 eksemplar
Books Inc. 1 eksemplar
Delitti da mille e una notte (1936) 1 eksemplar
The Wrong Problem 1 eksemplar
The Haverfordian, Vol. 46: June, 1926 (2017) — Redaktør — 1 eksemplar
Gideon Fell 1 eksemplar
Novelas escogidas 1 eksemplar
La muerta acude al teatro (1976) 1 eksemplar
Svart sanbat 1 eksemplar
Cloak and Dagger — Forfatter — 1 eksemplar
Grand Guignol (1929) 1 eksemplar
The Ends Of Justice (1927) 1 eksemplar
The Fourth Suspect (1927) 1 eksemplar
Ocho espadas 1 eksemplar
Oscura sospecha 1 eksemplar
Il Cappellaio Matto 1 eksemplar

Associated Works

The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunits Volume 1 (1993) — Bidragyder — 559 eksemplarer
English Country House Murders (1989) — Bidragyder — 468 eksemplarer
The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories (1990) — Bidragyder — 392 eksemplarer
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories Not for the Nervous (1966) — Bidragyder — 292 eksemplarer
A Treasury of Great Mysteries (Volumes 1 & 2) (1957) — Bidragyder — 259 eksemplarer
Crime Stories from the Strand (1991) — Bidragyder — 222 eksemplarer
Maracot dybet (1929) — Introduktion, nogle udgaver207 eksemplarer
A Treasury of Great Mysteries (Volume 1) (1957) — Bidragyder — 199 eksemplarer
Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense (1988) — Bidragyder — 184 eksemplarer
A Treasury of Great Mysteries [Volume 2] (1957) — Bidragyder — 180 eksemplarer
The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories (2018) — Bidragyder — 177 eksemplarer
The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories (1996) — Bidragyder — 172 eksemplarer
London After Midnight : A Tour of Its Criminal Haunts (1996) — Bidragyder; Bidragyder — 135 eksemplarer
Locked Room Puzzles (1986) — Bidragyder — 118 eksemplarer
The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes (2000) — Bidragyder — 118 eksemplarer
Hitchcock præsenterer - det er måden det gøres på! (1968) — Bidragyder — 117 eksemplarer
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: My Favorites in Suspense (1959) — Bidragyder — 116 eksemplarer
A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries (2020) — Bidragyder — 94 eksemplarer
The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes (1989) — Bidragyder — 88 eksemplarer
Murder for Christmas, Vol. 2 (1982) — Bidragyder — 83 eksemplarer
Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror (1982) — Bidragyder — 78 eksemplarer
Chok (1959) — Bidragyder — 77 eksemplarer
Fifty Best Mysteries (1991) — Bidragyder — 72 eksemplarer
Great American Mystery Stories of the 20th Century (1989) — Bidragyder — 71 eksemplarer
The Twelve Crimes of Christmas (1981) — Bidragyder — 61 eksemplarer
Great Tales of Mystery and Suspense (1981) — Bidragyder — 60 eksemplarer
Three Times Three: A Mystery Omnibus (1964) — Bidragyder — 57 eksemplarer
Murderous Schemes (1996) — Bidragyder — 57 eksemplarer
A Century of British Mystery and Suspense (2000) — Bidragyder — 56 eksemplarer
14 Great Detective Stories (1949) — Bidragyder — 55 eksemplarer
The Penguin Classic Crime Omnibus (1984) — Bidragyder — 54 eksemplarer
The Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense (1981) — Bidragyder — 51 eksemplarer
Crime on the Coast [and] No Flowers by Request (1953) — Bidragyder — 47 eksemplarer
Cloak and Dagger: A Treasury of 35 Great Espionage Stories (1988) — Bidragyder — 43 eksemplarer
Realms of Darkness (1985) — Bidragyder — 43 eksemplarer
Suddenly at the Priory (1957) — Forord, nogle udgaver40 eksemplarer
Bodies from the Library 3 (2020) — Bidragyder — 40 eksemplarer
The Television Late-night Horror Omnibus (1993) — Bidragyder — 39 eksemplarer
Murder in Midsummer: Classic Mysteries for the Holidays (2019) — Bidragyder — 35 eksemplarer
Rogues' Gallery: The Great Criminals of Modern Fiction (1945) — Bidragyder — 27 eksemplarer
Manhattan Mysteries (1987) — Bidragyder — 27 eksemplarer
The Poison Belt: Together with The Disintegration Machine and When The World Screamed (1964) — Introduktion, nogle udgaver25 eksemplarer
Murder Takes a Holiday: Classic Crime Stories for Summer (2020) — Bidragyder — 23 eksemplarer
Ellery Queen's Twentieth Century Detective Stories (1964) — Bidragyder — 20 eksemplarer
A Century of Detective Stories (1935) — Bidragyder — 20 eksemplarer
Great detective stories (1998) — Bidragyder — 20 eksemplarer
Ellery Queen's Mystery Mix (1962) — Bidragyder — 19 eksemplarer
Lethal Black Book (1965) — Bidragyder — 18 eksemplarer
Who Killed Father Christmas?: And Other Seasonal Mysteries (2023) — Bidragyder — 17 eksemplarer
Best Detective Stories (1959) — Bidragyder — 17 eksemplarer
Four and Twenty Bloodhounds (1950) — Bidragyder — 16 eksemplarer
Murder by the Seaside: Classic Crime Stories for Summer (2022) — Bidragyder — 16 eksemplarer
Ghosts and Scholars: Stories in the Tradition of M.R. James (1987) — Bidragyder — 15 eksemplarer
Crime on the Coast (1984) — Bidragyder — 13 eksemplarer
Twelve American Crime Stories (1998) — Bidragyder — 13 eksemplarer
The Second Century of Detective Stories (1938) — Bidragyder — 12 eksemplarer
Rejser i tid og rum : en bog om science fiction (1973) — Forfatter, nogle udgaver12 eksemplarer
Cream of the Crime (1962) — Bidragyder — 11 eksemplarer
He Who Whispers | The Unsuspected | Crows Can't Count (1946) — Bidragyder — 10 eksemplarer
Dangerous Crossing [1953 film] (1953) — Writer — 9 eksemplarer
Redselen i Deptford og andre studier i Sherlock Holmes (1980) — Bidragyder — 8 eksemplarer
Verhalen omnibus (1967) — Bidragyder — 7 eksemplarer
Great Stories of Mystery and Suspense 1974 Volume 2 (1974) — Bidragyder — 7 eksemplarer
Detection Medley (1939) — Bidragyder; Bidragyder — 7 eksemplarer
Armchair Horror Collection (1994) — Bidragyder — 7 eksemplarer
Detective Omnibus — Bidragyder — 6 eksemplarer
Crime Without Murder (1970) — Bidragyder — 6 eksemplarer
Classic short stories of crime and detection, 1950-1975 (1983) — Bidragyder — 6 eksemplarer
Verdens største detektiver II (1995) — Bidragyder; Bidragyder — 5 eksemplarer
De glæder med gys : Poe-Klubben skriver (1973) — Forfatter, nogle udgaver5 eksemplarer
Mord als schöne Kunst betrachtet (1999) — Bidragyder — 5 eksemplarer
I delitti della camera chiusa (1975) — Bidragyder; Bidragyder — 5 eksemplarer
20 Great Tales of Murder (1951) — Bidragyder — 5 eksemplarer
Giant Mystery Reader (1951) — Forfatter — 5 eksemplarer
Verdens største detektiver I (1995) — Bidragyder — 4 eksemplarer
Classic stories of crime and detection (1976) — Bidragyder — 4 eksemplarer
Avon Mystery Story Teller — Bidragyder; Bidragyder — 4 eksemplarer
London After Midnight: A Conducted Tour, Part 1 (1996) — Bidragyder — 4 eksemplarer
Mørkets gjerninger : 21 hårreisende kriminalhistorier (2001) — Bidragyder — 3 eksemplarer
London After Midnight: A Conducted Tour, Part 2 (1996) — Bidragyder — 3 eksemplarer
Detective-verhalen — Bidragyder — 3 eksemplarer
Alfred Hitchcock's Fireside Book of Suspense — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
A Magnum of Mysteries (1963) — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
The Fourth Book of Crime-Craft (1959) — Introduktion — 2 eksemplarer
Spionhistorier fra hele verden — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
Best Stories from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
Great Stories of Detection (1960) — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
Nye detektivhistorier fra hele verden — Forfatter, nogle udgaver2 eksemplarer
Best Detective Stories (Volume 2) (1964) — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
150 anni in Giallo (1989) — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
De ¤bedste kriminalhistorier fra hele verden — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
Verdens beste kriminalhistorier — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
Huset i Goblin Wood og andre mysterier (1993) — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
Det ligner mord. 10 moderne detektivhistorier — Forfatter, nogle udgaver1 eksemplar
Murder Mixture: An Anthology of Crime Stories — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
Dristige detektiver : et Hitchcock udvalg (1970) — Forfatter, nogle udgaver1 eksemplar
Ellery Queen's 1966 Anthology — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
10 moderne spionhistorier — Forfatter, nogle udgaver1 eksemplar

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One of the better ‘impossible crime’ plots and explanations by Carr. I enjoyed this one a lot.
 
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etrainer | 4 andre anmeldelser | Nov 22, 2023 |
All the stories contain some point which breaks suspension of disbelief and a couple of them break "improbable" and go straight to "absurd". Also one scene is notable for portraying Lestrade as a Clouseau-like character which seems a pretty ridiculous break in characterisation. Not awful but not some of the better Sherlock Holmes fanfiction I've read.
 
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tombomp | 9 andre anmeldelser | Oct 31, 2023 |
It took me a while to finish this book, even though the story is well plotted and there's some interesting characters. I found the writing style tedious: it's wordy and even pompous in places, maybe reflecting the time when it was written. Only when the conclusion was nearing did the story come to life for me. After that, the doctor's explanation of "what really happened" was useful in figuring out the mystery.
½
 
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BrianEWilliams | 5 andre anmeldelser | Oct 8, 2023 |
Delightfully lurid. Recommended for all libraries.
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librarianarpita | 4 andre anmeldelser | Jul 6, 2023 |

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Medlemmer
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ISBN
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