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Carter Dickson
Born
The United States
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The White Priory Murders (Sir Henry Merrivale, #2)
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1934
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19 editions
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The Judas Window (Sir Henry Merrivale, #7)
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1938
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49 editions
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The Plague Court Murders (Sir Henry Merrivale, #1)
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1934
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45 editions
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The Red Widow Murders (Sir Henry Merrivale, #3)
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1935
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42 editions
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The Peacock Feather Murders (Sir Henry Merrivale, #6)
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1937
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33 editions
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She Died a Lady (Sir Henry Merrivale, #14)
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1943
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30 editions
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The Curse of the Bronze Lamp (Sir Henry Merrivale, #16)
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1945
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23 editions
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The Reader Is Warned (Sir Henry Merrivale, #9)
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1939
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29 editions
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Death in Five Boxes (Sir Henry Merrivale, #8)
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1938
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37 editions
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The Skeleton in the Clock (Sir Henry Merrivale, #18)
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1948
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18 editions
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“That sounds silly, doesn't it? Running away just because you don't want to hurt somebody's feelings? But did you ever think how much of our lives we spend,dodging and twisting and making things difficult for ourselves, to avoid hurting somebody's feelings. Even people with absolutely no claim on us?”
― The Curse of the Bronze Lamp
― The Curse of the Bronze Lamp
“When a man can't sleep, he won't let anybody else sleep either. If he doesn't go off to dreamland the moment his head hits the pillow, he gets frightfully annoyed and won't stay in bed.”
― The Cavalier's Cup
― The Cavalier's Cup
“...both Tom and I adore detective stories. Isn't that so, Tom?" [Lady Brace]
"Right!" agreed her husband...."But they've got to be proper detective stories. They've got to present a tricky, highly sophisticated problem, which you're given fair opportunity to solve."
"And," amplified Virginia, "no saying they're psychological studies when the author can't write for beans."
"Correct!" her husband agreed again. "Couldn't care less when you're supposed to get all excited as to whether the innocent man will be hanged or the innocent heroine will be seduced. Heroine ought to be seduced; what's she there for? The thing is the mystery. It's not worth reading if the mystery is simple or easy or no mystery at all.”
― The Cavalier's Cup
"Right!" agreed her husband...."But they've got to be proper detective stories. They've got to present a tricky, highly sophisticated problem, which you're given fair opportunity to solve."
"And," amplified Virginia, "no saying they're psychological studies when the author can't write for beans."
"Correct!" her husband agreed again. "Couldn't care less when you're supposed to get all excited as to whether the innocent man will be hanged or the innocent heroine will be seduced. Heroine ought to be seduced; what's she there for? The thing is the mystery. It's not worth reading if the mystery is simple or easy or no mystery at all.”
― The Cavalier's Cup
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