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John Dickson Carr

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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Born 30 November 1906
Died 27 February 1977

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    First published in 1991 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Merrivale Holds the Key: Two Classic Locked-Room Mysteries : The Plague Court Murders/the Red Widow Murders (Library of Crime Classics)

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Born 30 November 1906
Died 27 February 1977

Subjects

Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, England, fiction, Fell, gideon (fictitious character), fiction, Private investigators, Gideon Fell (Fictitious character), Sir Merrivale, Henry (Fictitious character), American Detective and mystery stories, Crime, fiction, Private investigators, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional, Detective and mystery stories, American, English Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, general, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction in English, Fiction, crime, London (england), fiction, Merrivale, henry, sir (fictitious character), fiction, American literature, Bencolin, henri (fictitious character), fiction, Translations into Russian, France, fiction, Judges, Large type books

Places

England, Great Britain, Paris (France), London, London (England), 221B Baker Street, Abbey Grange, Australia, Baker Street, Chislehurst, Hungary, Jamaica, New York, Paris, Scotland Yard, Suburbs of South London, Xian dai

People

Arthur Conan Doyle Sir (1859-1930), John H. Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Fortunato, Lady Fortunato, Luchresi, Montresor, Archie, Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), Carlos, Doctor Gideon Fell, Duncan Ross, Edmund Berry Godfrey Sir, Edmund Berry Godfrey Sir (1621-1678), Eustace Brackenstall, Jabez Wilson, Jack Croker, John Clay, John H. Watson (Fictitious character), Lady Brackenstall, M. Jonathan Whicher, Mr. Merryweather, Napoleon I Emperor of the French (1769-1821), Patrick Butler, Police Inspector Jones

Time

20th century, 19th century, 17th century, 1865, 1890, 1930s, 1931, Carnival, Edward VII, 1901-1910, Late 1920s, Meiguo, Post WWII, WWII, World War, 1939-1945, Written and set in 1949, carnival

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Alternative names

  • Dickson Carr
  • Roger Fairbairn
  • Carter Dickson
  • Carr John Dickson

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