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Best books to learn John Dickson Carr, in order
The master of the impossible crime — the locked room, the footprints that stop, the murder in a watched house. He wrote two main series under two names: Dr Gideon Fell as John Dickson Carr, and Sir Henry Merrivale as Carter Dickson. Our catalogue files everything under Carr, so the pen name is invisible here even though it is not on a bookshop shelf.
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John Dickson Carr books in order: where to start with the locked-room mysteries
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- How should I approach learning john dickson carr?
- The master of the impossible crime — the locked room, the footprints that stop, the murder in a watched house. He wrote two main series under two names: Dr Gideon Fell as John Dickson Carr, and Sir Henry Merrivale as Carter Dickson. Our catalogue files everything under Carr, so the pen name is invisible here even though it is not on a bookshop shelf.
- What's a good book to start john dickson carr with?
- A strong starting point is The Crooked Hinge by John Dickson Carr. The ordered reading paths above show exactly where it fits and what to read next.