328 pp. 8vo. Map of crime scene precedes text. A detective novel by the Golden Age mystery author who also wrote under the names Carter Dickson, Carr Dickson, and Roger Fairbairn. Carr was considered a master of the 'locked room' sub-genre. This is his first novel, and the first mystery to feature the detective Henri Bencolin. Carr wrote four more featuring Bencolin, all of which were locked room mysteries.
