John Dickson Carr

The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes (1999)

This collection of apocryphal Sherlockiana has a special status: the stories herein are the first "authorised" pastiches that came out after the demise of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The rarest of rare collection og pastiches & parodies, edited by Ellery Queen, had been ruthlessly suppressed by Adria...

The Problem of the Green Capsule (1986)

John Dickson Carr is one of the grand masters of the locked room and the [apparently] impossible crime. And, of course, The Problem of the Green Capsule is another such specimen. It begins with Dr. Marcus Chesney lecturing his household and associates on the fact that eyewitnesses are unreliable-...

The Devil in Velvet (1994 Ed) (1994)

What a book. An very intricate mystery wrapped up in detailed historical fiction with romance and time travel to boot. Oh yeah. And a pact with Satan. Nicholas Fenton, a Cambridge professor of history, makes a deal with Satan to travel back to the Restoration--an era of British history that fasci...

He Who Whispers (1986)

Scandal at High Chimney's (1988)

The Blind Barber (1984)

In Spite of Thunder (1987)

Below Suspicion (1986)