Scandal at High Chimneys: A Victorian Melodrama is a historical mystery novel by John Dickson Carr. It was published in the US and Canada by Harper & Row...
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John Dickson Carr (category Burials at Springwood Cemetery)
in Velvet – 1951 Captain Cut-Throat – 1955 Fire, Burn! – 1957 Scandal at High Chimneys: A Victorian Melodrama – 1959 The Witch of the Low Tide: An Edwardian...
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punishment. In 1959 it was mentioned by Clarice M. Carr in his Scandal at High Chimneys as part of the first act of "It is never too late to mend". Notes...
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Dickson Carr was voted the best. In his ninth outing, Dr. Fell spends July 1937 at a small village in Kent. John Farnleigh is a wealthy young man married to...
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of all the Dr. Fell books Archived 2004-08-11 at the Wayback Machine Dr. Fell books Archived 2004-08-11 at the Wayback Machine "Carr, John Dickson". PBworks...
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story has a high humour level, reminiscent of the Henry Merrivale works. Members of a large and widespread Scottish family are brought together at a highland...
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perfect place for such a meeting. Harry and Professor Rigaud left Howard alone at ten minutes before four. When they returned, fifteen minutes later, Howard...
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inside, he burned the cardboard items and hid the heavy mirror up in the chimney, the effort bringing on a final haemorrhage. He had just enough time to...
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Radio's Golden Age of Detection". mysteryfile.com. Retrieved November 2, 2023. Appraisal of all the HM books John Dickson Carr at Books and Writers v t e...
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(1957) Scandal at High Chimneys (1959) The Witch of the Low Tide (1961) The Demoniacs (1962) Most Secret (1964) Papa La-Bas (1968) The Ghosts' High Noon...
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post-scripted from "The Case of the Darlington Substitution Scandal" mentioned in "A Scandal in Bohemia" (however, this exploit is not the one mentioned...
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Jack Whicher (section The Murder at Road Hill House)
case.: 217–18 In John Dickson Carr's historical mystery novel Scandal at High Chimneys, Whicher, now working as a private detective, solves the mystery...
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Taylor Caldwell – Dear and Glorious Physician John Dickson Carr – Scandal at High Chimneys: A Victorian Melodrama Henry Cecil – Settled Out of Court James...
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him over the head, and stolen enough of this film to cause unheard-of scandal. The four of them soon learn that a notorious and dangerous criminal (the...
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it is hailed as Carr's best non-series novel. Edward Stevens, an editor at Herald and Son's publishing house, is on the train home, recounting the story...
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James Caplon Answell arranges to visit his future father-in-law, Avory Hume, at his house in London. Hume invites the prospective bridegroom into his strong...
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talk, some but not much detection by Sir Henry Merrivale. The great stunt at the end is unforgivably preposterous (in the literal sense). Chief-Inspector...
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back to Melson's rooms at Lincoln's Inn Fields, a horrific scream draws them into the home of clockmaker Johannus Carver. At the top of the stairs is...
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(1957) Scandal at High Chimneys (1959) The Witch of the Low Tide (1961) The Demoniacs (1962) Most Secret (1964) Papa La-Bas (1968) The Ghosts' High Noon...
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Irv Docktor (category Central High School (Philadelphia) alumni)
Mystery at the Echoing Cave (Sterling, 1965) John Dickson Carr, Scandal at High Chimneys (Harper, 1959) General de Caulaincourt, With Napoleon in Russia (Grosset...
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(1957) Scandal at High Chimneys (1959) The Witch of the Low Tide (1961) The Demoniacs (1962) Most Secret (1964) Papa La-Bas (1968) The Ghosts' High Noon...
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(1957) Scandal at High Chimneys (1959) The Witch of the Low Tide (1961) The Demoniacs (1962) Most Secret (1964) Papa La-Bas (1968) The Ghosts' High Noon...
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poison-pen who becomes known as the "Mocking Widow", after a forty-foot high rocky feature on the outskirts of the village. A middle-aged spinster who...
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the evening, Hugh falls out of love with Helen and into love with Pam, and at the night's climax Patrick Butler calls everyone together and reveals the...
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Elliott and the cast included Whit Bissell and Phyllis Kirk. "Recommended Reading," F&SF, April 1952, p.96 1952 television adaptation at IMDb v t e v t e...
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(1957) Scandal at High Chimneys (1959) The Witch of the Low Tide (1961) The Demoniacs (1962) Most Secret (1964) Papa La-Bas (1968) The Ghosts' High Noon...
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(1957) Scandal at High Chimneys (1959) The Witch of the Low Tide (1961) The Demoniacs (1962) Most Secret (1964) Papa La-Bas (1968) The Ghosts' High Noon...
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During the meeting, it is learned that Philip Driscoll has been found murdered at the Tower of London, with Sir William's oversized hat pushed down over his...
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(1957) Scandal at High Chimneys (1959) The Witch of the Low Tide (1961) The Demoniacs (1962) Most Secret (1964) Papa La-Bas (1968) The Ghosts' High Noon...
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(1957) Scandal at High Chimneys (1959) The Witch of the Low Tide (1961) The Demoniacs (1962) Most Secret (1964) Papa La-Bas (1968) The Ghosts' High Noon...
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