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John Dickson Carr (November 30, 1906 – February 27, 1977) was an American author of detective stories, who also published using the pseudonyms Carter Dickson, Carr Dickson and Roger Fairbairn.

John Dickson Carr (November 30, 1906 – February 27, 1977) was an American author of detective stories, who also published using the pseudonyms Carter Dickson, Carr Dickson and Roger Fairbairn. Carr is generally regarded as one of the greatest writers of so-called "Golden Age" mysteries; complex, plot-driven stories in which the puzzle is paramount. He was influenced in this regard by the works of Gaston Leroux and by the Father Brown stories of G. K. Chesterton.

the sleeping sphinx-john dickson carr at his best!" John dickson carr. Chapter I. The road, so long that it looked narrow, had on its left the thick greenery of Regent's Park and on its right the tall iron railings around St. Katharine's Precinct of St. Katharine's Church. You know as well as I do," said Warrender, "that if anybody gets a job like yours, where we've got to pretend he's still with his regiment and kill him in the line of duty, he's allowed to tell his wife. And we inform his solicitor. The other thing only happens in books and films. We may be a peculiar lot here," his khaki-covered arm indicated the War Office, "but that’s understood.

And we inform his solicitor.

JOHN DICKSON CARRTHE SLEEPING SPHINXCHAPTER IThe road, so long that it looked narrow, had on its left the thick greenery of Regent's Park and on its right the tall iron railings around St. Just beyond, next to St Katharine's, you could see the line of trees which screened from the road a terrace of tall, stately houses looming white through the dusk. Number 1, Gloucester Gate.

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Publisher: Berkley Publishing Corp. There was a streak of madness in the ancient and honorable Devereux family. No one, not even the family doctor, could tell when, or in whom, it might make its ugly appearance. the sleeping sphinx-john dickson carr at his best! Contents.

In "The Sleeping Sphinx" (1947), coffins are tossed around in a sealed vault, a man returns from the dead, and the heroine tells a whacking good ghost story that she claims is true (at least in the beginning of the book). Normally I don't care for stories where everyone believes the heroine is crazy, or hysterical, or both.

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Author: John Dickson Carr. Genre: Antique literature. Read a fragment illustrations. Annotation: JOHN DICKSON CARR THE SLEEPING SPHINX CHAPTER I The road, so long that it looked narrow, had on its left the thick greenery of Regent's Park and on its right the tall iron railings around St.

The Sleeping Sphinx, first published in 1947, is a detective story by John Dickson Carr which features Carr's series detective Gideon Fell. This novel is a mystery of the type known as a whodunnit.

The Sleeping Sphinx book. John Dickson Carr was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, in 1906

The Sleeping Sphinx book. John Dickson Carr was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, in 1906. It Walks by Night, his first published detective novel, featuring the Frenchman Henri Bencolin, was published in 1930. Apart from Dr Fell, whose first appearance was in Hag's Nook in 1933, Carr's other series detectives (published under the nom de plume of Carter Dickson) were the barrister Sir Henry Merrivale, who debuted in The Plague Court Murders (1934). Other books in the series. Dr. Gideon Fell (1 - 10 of 23 books).