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John Dickson Carr: A Critical Study
S. T. JoshiJohn Dickson Carr is known as the master of the “locked-room” mystery—the “impossible crime.” But Carr also wrote short stories, radio plays, essays, introductions, and book reviews.
The Witch of the Low Tide
John Dickson Carr'John Dickson Carr's flair for the impossible crime shows through at its very best in this historical puzzler' The Times
And So to Murder
John Dickson CarrAnd So to Murder by John Dickson Carr (as Carter Dickson), a Sir Henry Merrivale mystery. “A first-class murder mystery [and] also a ribald satire of the motion picture industry.”—The Vancouver Sun DEATH RIDES THE TUBE.
John Dickson Carr: The Man who Explained Miracles
Douglas G. GreeneGoing behind the scenes of the theatrical, ingenious productions of the master of "impossible crime" and "locked room" mysteries, a look at the world and adventures of John Dickson Carr shows how the man and his work were one.
Scandal at High Chimneys
John Dickson CarrJohn Dickson Carr. And So To Murder (1940) Murder in the Submarine Zone ( 1940) aka Nine – and Death Makes Ten, also published as Murder in the Atlantic Seeing is Believing (1941)aka Crossof and Murder The Gilded Man (1942) ...
The Demoniacs
John Dickson Carr'No one is so consistently successful as Carr' New York Times Book Review
Fire, Burn!
John Dickson CarrOne October night in the middle of the twentieth century Detective Inspector John Cheviot got into a taxi, bound for New Scotland Yard.
The Blind Barber
John Dickson CarrA thief is loose aboard HMS Queen Victoria, and four amateur detectives are hell-bent on tracking him down.
Death-Watch
John Dickson CarrFor Dr Gideon Fell this is the only case that has ever really frightened him, and before he can solve it he must find answers to some seemingly impossible questions: why was Calvin Boscombe standing near the corpse with a silencer on his ...
The Carr Family Records: Embacing [sic] the Record of the ...
Edson Irving CarrJames Edward Carr, b. July 14, 1848. 6697x4. Sarah Cordelia Carr, l). Jan. 5, 18" i0. 6698 5. Frank Eugene Carr, b. Oct. 2S, 1851, d. June 22, 1876. 6699x6. Phila Amelia Carr, b. Jan. 10, 1853 6700 7. Fred Henry Carr, b. Dec. 16, 1854, d.
The Hollow Man
John Dickson Carr'The first deadly walking of the hollow man took place when the side streets of London were quiet with snow and the three coffins of the prophecy were filled at last.
To Wake The Dead
John Dickson CarrChristopher Kent, worth a quarter of a million pounds yet without a penny in his pocket, stands hungrily in Piccadilly one snowy morning, looking up at the huge hotel, when a piece of card bearing a number floats down to him.
The Emperor's Snuff-Box
John Dickson CarrThe scene is a fashionable French seaside resort; the witness, Eve Neill, is looking out of her window in the early hours of the morning when she sees the battered body of her prospective father-in-law in the room opposite.
In Spite of Thunder
John Dickson CarrOn his return to Geneva, Brian Innes must meet Audrey Page and find a way to prevent her from joining the strangely temperamental group of people gathered around film star Eve Eden at the Villa Rosalind.
The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
John Dickson CarrA profile based on the subject's personal archives describes such topics as Doyle's education at Stonyhurst and Edinburgh University, his Southsea medical practice, his two marriages, his forays into politics and spiritualism, his ...
Scandal at High Chimneys: a Victorian melodrama
John Dickson CarrYou must not smoke a cigar here, Clive could well imagine. Behind the drawing- room lay the library, unlighted; and behind that, if he remembered correctly, was Matthew Damon's study. Clive opened the door giving on the main hall.
Hearing Her Voice: A Case for Women Giving Sermons
John DicksonThis original digital short by scholar and cultural commentator John Dickson presents an entirely new and convincing biblical argument for allowing women to preach freely in churches.
Fifty Best Mysteries
Eleanor SullivanChosen from the best mystery magazines in the world, this collection of fifty great mystery stories from the past sixty years includes the work of John Dickson Carr, Margery Allingham, Anthony Boucher, and Ngaio Marsh, as well as Patricia ...
Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois
Newton BatemanSome of the early settlers of Milan were William Dickson, Frank Young, William Young, N. D. Bradley, Garry David, John Dickson, James Johnson, James Dickson, William Hefiin, Ira L. Whitehead, F. M. Young, and Daniel Pinkley. Joshua ...
Kill and Tell: The Father Koesler Mysteries:
William Kienzle"This is the good old Dorothy Sayers/John Dickson Carr school of homicide with civilized people doing what civilized people do best: dispatching each other." —Los Angeles Times "Bill Kienzle does have a way with a tale.
Unit Pride
John J. McAleerMcAleer encouraged Dickson to write about his Korean War experiences, and thus began a 1,200-letter correspondence between McAleer and Dickson that developed into this novel.
Violations of the Conservation Law Disposed of During the Month
New York (State). Conservation Commission... Joseph Santa Clara Taking deer in close season Carr, John Miles Burke Hunting without license Carr, John Miles Burke Digging skunks from dens Carr, Ralph H Burke Digging skunks from dens Disco, Persey Saranac Lake Hunting without ...
Life of Jesus: Who He Is and Why He Matters
John DicksonThis book, which features a self-contained discussion guide for use with Life of Jesus DVD, will help you and your friends dig deeper into what is known about Jesus’ life and why it matters. “John Dickson has done a marvelous job of ...
Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking: Be a Happy Non-smoker ...
Allen CarrAnd I haven't smoked since' Ashton Kutcher Special offer: Recover the cost of this book when you attend an Allen Carr Clinic. Allen Carr was an accountant who smoked 100 cigarettes a day until he discovered EASYWAY.
Growing Pains: The Autobiography of Emily Carr
Emily Carr" Completed just before Emily Carr died in 1945, Growing Pains tells the story of Carr’s life, beginning with her girlhood in pioneer Victoria and going on to her training as an artist in San Francisco, England and France.
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register
More editionsThe late Edson Irving Carr compiled "The Carr Family Records" which was published in Rockton, 111., in 1894, and Arthur Adkins Carr compiled "The Carr Book" which was published in Ticonderoga, N. Y., in 1947. Both of these volumes ...
A Naval Biographical Dictionary: Comprising the Life and ...
William R. O'ByrneDAvid JoHN DIckson, born 24 Oct. 1790, at Sydenham House, near Kelso, is eldest son of the late Wm. Dickson, Esq., Admiral of the Blue, who died in 1803, by his second wife, Miss Elizabeth Charteris; and half-uncle of the present Sir Wm.
Once Upon Dickson: An Illustrated History, 1868-2000
Anthony J. WappelBorn in 1862 Lina Xantha Reed was the daughter of George and Mary Jane Reed and the sister of John A. Reed, who lived on the northeast corner of College and Dickson. She obtained her formal education from Arkansas Industrial ...
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