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The Three Coffins
The Three Coffins
Author: John Dickson Carr
The invisible murderer killed his first victim and literally disappeared. He killed his second victim in the middle of an empty street, with watchers at either end -- yet not a soul saw him, and no footprint appeared in the snow. — Dr. Fell and the Locked Room Lecture: — Many of the Golden Age masters of mystery had their own hallmarks. For Christ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780930330392
ISBN-10: 0930330390
Publication Date: 4/1986
Pages: 222
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Publisher: International Polygonics
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 5
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This is one of the so-called "classic" locked room mysteries, in which an appparently impossible murder takes place. In fact, lead sleuth Dr. Gideon Fell lectures at one point about the myriad locked room crime methods. The actual solution to the murder at hand is so convoluted it made my brain hurt; much more enjoyable is the interplay among the characters.
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another old one. i still love it. this is a quirky twist of his locked room mystery fame.


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