Author: John Dickson CarrPublisher:
ISBN: 9780241914342
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
The Waxworks Murder
Author: John Dickson CarrPublisher:
ISBN: 9780241914342
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
The Corpse in the Waxworks
Author: John Dickson CarrPublisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1464215448
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
"The purpose, the illusion, the spirit of a waxworks. It is an atmosphere of death. It is soundless and motionless... Do you see?" Last night Mademoiselle Duchêne was seen heading into the Gallery of Horrors at the Musée Augustin waxworks, alive. Today she was found in the Seine, murdered. The museum's proprietor, long perturbed by the unnatural vitality of his figures, claims that he saw one of them following the victim into the dark—a lead that Henri Bencolin, head of the Paris police and expert of 'impossible' crimes, cannot possibly resist. Surrounded by the eerie noises of the night, Bencolin prepares to enter the ill-fated waxworks, his associate Jeff Marle and the victim's fiancé in tow. Waiting within, beneath the glass-eyed gaze of a leering waxen satyr, is a gruesome discovery and the first clues of a twisted and ingenious mystery. First published in 1932 at the height of crime fiction's Golden Age, this macabre and atmospheric dive into the murky underground of Parisian society presents an intelligent puzzle delivered at a stunning pace. This new edition also includes the rare Inspector Bencolin short story "The Murder in Number Four" by John Dickson Carr, and an Introduction by CWA Diamond Dagger-Award winning author Martin Edwards.
The Corpse in the Waxworks
Author: John Dickson CarrPublisher: Borgo Press
ISBN: 9780809590261
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
The Waxworks Murder
Author: Corpse in the Waxworks
Author: John Dickson CarrPublisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780060810399
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Monsieur Bencolin investigates a series of baffling murders involving a gloomy wax museum and the mysterious Silver Key Club
The Corpse in the Waxworks
Author: John Dickson CarrPublisher:
ISBN: 9780712353731
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Wax
Author: Ethel Lina WhitePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Detective and mystery stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The Waxwork Murder
Author: John Dickson CarrIt Walks by Night
Author: John Dickson CarrPublisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1492699667
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Discover the captivating treasures buried in the British Library's archives. Largely inaccessible to the public until now, these enduring crime classics were written in the golden age of detective fiction. With an introduction by Martin Edwards and featuring the Dickson Carr short story "The Shadow of the Goat" We are thrilled to welcome John Dickson Carr into the Crime Classics series with his first novel, a brooding locked room mystery in the gathering dusk of the French capital. In the smoke-wreathed gloom of a Parisian salon, Inspector Bencolin has summoned his allies to discuss a peculiar case. A would-be murderer, imprisoned for his attempt to kill his wife, has escaped and is known to have visited a plastic surgeon. His whereabouts remain a mystery, though with his former wife poised to marry another, Bencolin predicts his return. Sure enough, the Inspector's worst suspicions are realized when the beheaded body of the new suitor is discovered in a locked room of the salon, with no apparent exit. Bencolin sets off into the Parisian night to unravel the dumbfounding mystery and track down the sadistic killer. Penned during the golden age of mysteries, this thrilling investigation brings a detective face to face with the darkest parts of Paris. And after the thrilling conclusion of the locked room mystery, sit back and enjoy the short story "The Shadow of the Goat", also included in this exclusive British Library crime classic.
Murder at Madame Tussauds
Author: Jim EldridgePublisher: Allison & Busby Ltd
ISBN: 0749027800
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
London, 1896. Madame Tussauds opens to find one of its nightwatchmen decapitated and his colleague nowhere to be found. To the police, the case seems simple: one killed the other and fled, but workers at the museum aren't convinced. Although forbidden contact by his superior officer, Scotland Yard detective John Feather secretly enlists 'The Museum Detectives' Daniel Wilson and Abigail Fenton to aid the police investigation. When the body of the missing nightwatchman is discovered encased within a wax figure, the case suddenly becomes more complex. With questions over rival museums, the dead men's pasts and a series of bank raids plaguing the city, Wilson and Fenton face their most intriguing and dangerous case yet.