John Dickson Carr was a very highly regarded American mystery writer, though he lived for most of the '30s and '40s in England, married there and set many of his books there (Wikipedia). His two main detectives, Dr. Fell and Sir Henry Merrivale, were very English (Wikipedia).
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Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Private investigators, England, fiction, Gideon Fell (Fictitious character), Sir Merrivale, Henry (Fictitious character), American Detective and mystery stories, Fell, gideon (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional, Detective and mystery stories, English Detective and mystery stories, Detective and mystery stories, American, Merrivale, henry, sir (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, general, American literature, Crime, fiction, Fiction in English, Murder, Translations into Russian, Bencolin, henri (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, crime, Investigation, Judges, Private investigators, fiction, France, fictionPlaces
England, Paris (France), Great Britain, London, London (England), Scotland Yard, 221B Baker Street, Abbey Grange, Australia, Baker Street, Chislehurst, Hungary, Jamaica, New York, Paris, Suburbs of South London, Xian daiPeople
John H. Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Fortunato, Lady Fortunato, Luchresi, Montresor, Sir Henry Merrivale, Archie, Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), Arthur Conan Doyle Sir (1859-1930), Carlos, Chief Inspector Masters, Doctor Gideon Fell, Duncan Ross, Edmund Berry Godfrey Sir, Edmund Berry Godfrey Sir (1621-1678), Eustace Brackenstall, Henry (Fictitious character) Merrivale, Jabez Wilson, Jack Croker, James Bond, John Clay, John H. Watson (Fictitious character), Lady Brackenstall, M. Jonathan WhicherTime
20th century, 17th century, 1865, 1890, 1930s, 1931, 19th century, Carnival, Edward VII, 1901-1910, Late 1920s, Meiguo, Post WWII, WWII, World War, 1939-1945, Written and set in 1949, carnivalID Numbers
- OLID: OL465130A
- BookBrainz: 260b4e92-908e-48a1-a1ce-8c3f82ef52c4
- ISNI: 0000000120272204
- IMDb: nm0139757
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV000532
- VIAF: 64003044
- Wikidata: Q365664
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q365664
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Alternative names
- Dickson Carr
- Roger Fairbairn
- Carter Dickson
- Carr John Dickson
- John D. Carr
- Carter DICKSON
- J. Dickson Carr
- J. DICKSON CARR
- Dickson John Carr
- carter dickson
- John dickson carr
- john dickson carr
- JOHN DICKSON CARR
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