He Who Whispers

It always surprised me that John Dickson Carr--at least initially; he reevaluated his position later in life--was critical of the hardboiled detective novel. Of the traditional mystery writers, he comes the closest to the hardboiled school. Not in terms of what he considered hardboiled’s most obviou......more

Great mystery. New Forest, bombed out London after the war, murder mystery club and a possible vampire. Gideon Fell solves the mystery of why Miles sister Marion was almost scared to death. The mysterious enigmatic Fay who was caught up and suspected of murder in France. The clues are there to solve......more

A- : I was glued to this gothic tale of lust and greed and men who lose sight of themselves.The culprit is guessable, but didn't come to me until quite far into the story. The tower puzzle was ingenious and poignant. Bravo.......more

This is one of the finest, most ingenious, and most atmospheric of the classic "locked room" mystery novels of John Dickson Carr. It is also one of his most somber and frightening books. While the author is most famous for his intricate and hard to solve murder puzzles, at least some of his hardcore......more

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