Night At The Mocking Widow
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
In the quintessential tradition of the golden age of detective fiction, Night at the Mocking Widow presents a baffling murder mystery set against the eerie backdrop of a sinister English village, where secrets run as deep as the graves that dot its churchyard. Carter Dickson — the beloved pseudonym of the master of impossible crimes, John Dickson Carr — chronicles the investigations of the inimitable Sir Henry Merrivale, a blustering yet brilliant sleuth called to unravel a chilling case that begins with a threatening message hidden inside a scarecrow known locally as the Mocking Widow. Carr's genius lies in his extraordinary ability to construct seemingly airtight locked-room puzzles and impossible situations, then unwind them with a logic that is at once surprising and entirely satisfying. Night at the Mocking Widow stands as a sterling example of his craft, blending atmospheric tension with moments of trademark comedy and an intricate plot that keeps the reader perpetually off-balance. The novel is a testament to Carr's dominance of the impossible-crime genre, rewarding patient readers with one of the most inventively plotted solutions in the entire Merrivale canon — a conclusion that will linger long after the final page is turned.
Author: Carter Dickson
Format: Hardback
Published: 1951, William Heinemann Ltd
Genre: Crime fiction
Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
In the quintessential tradition of the golden age of detective fiction, Night at the Mocking Widow presents a baffling murder mystery set against the eerie backdrop of a sinister English village, where secrets run as deep as the graves that dot its churchyard. Carter Dickson — the beloved pseudonym of the master of impossible crimes, John Dickson Carr — chronicles the investigations of the inimitable Sir Henry Merrivale, a blustering yet brilliant sleuth called to unravel a chilling case that begins with a threatening message hidden inside a scarecrow known locally as the Mocking Widow. Carr's genius lies in his extraordinary ability to construct seemingly airtight locked-room puzzles and impossible situations, then unwind them with a logic that is at once surprising and entirely satisfying. Night at the Mocking Widow stands as a sterling example of his craft, blending atmospheric tension with moments of trademark comedy and an intricate plot that keeps the reader perpetually off-balance. The novel is a testament to Carr's dominance of the impossible-crime genre, rewarding patient readers with one of the most inventively plotted solutions in the entire Merrivale canon — a conclusion that will linger long after the final page is turned.