My Late Wives: Another Adventure Of Sir Henry Merrivale
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
A killer with a taste for matrimony and a talent for vanishing acts meets his match in one of golden-age detective fiction's most beloved investigators, in My Late Wives, a masterwork of locked-room mystery and misdirection. When a series of brides turn up dead under impossible circumstances, the irascible and brilliantly eccentric Sir Henry Merrivale is called upon to untangle a web of theatrical deception, false identities, and lethal cunning — a case where every clue seems to contradict the last. Carter Dickson — the pseudonym of the legendary John Dickson Carr — was the undisputed grandmaster of the impossible crime, and My Late Wives stands as a sparkling testament to his genius for constructing seemingly impenetrable puzzles. His prose crackles with wit and a flair for the dramatic, balancing genuine menace with the anarchic comedic energy that Sir Henry Merrivale brings to every scene. Carr's plots are architectural marvels, built with the precision of a Swiss watch and the audacity of a stage magician — and this novel's final revelation will leave even seasoned mystery readers questioning everything they thought they knew.
Author: Carter Dickson
Format: Hardback
Genre: Crime fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
A killer with a taste for matrimony and a talent for vanishing acts meets his match in one of golden-age detective fiction's most beloved investigators, in My Late Wives, a masterwork of locked-room mystery and misdirection. When a series of brides turn up dead under impossible circumstances, the irascible and brilliantly eccentric Sir Henry Merrivale is called upon to untangle a web of theatrical deception, false identities, and lethal cunning — a case where every clue seems to contradict the last. Carter Dickson — the pseudonym of the legendary John Dickson Carr — was the undisputed grandmaster of the impossible crime, and My Late Wives stands as a sparkling testament to his genius for constructing seemingly impenetrable puzzles. His prose crackles with wit and a flair for the dramatic, balancing genuine menace with the anarchic comedic energy that Sir Henry Merrivale brings to every scene. Carr's plots are architectural marvels, built with the precision of a Swiss watch and the audacity of a stage magician — and this novel's final revelation will leave even seasoned mystery readers questioning everything they thought they knew.