John Dickson Carr

John Dickson Carr was an American-British mystery writer best known for ingenious locked-room puzzles and the detective series featuring Dr. Gideon Fell and Sir Henry Merrivale.

Dr. Gideon Fell: A fictional amateur detective created by John Dickson Carr, known for his imposing presence and expertise in crime and historical puzzles. Fell anchors Carr’s most prominent series of impossible-crime mysteries.
The Three Coffins: A 1935 mystery novel by John Dickson Carr featuring Dr. Gideon Fell and two apparently impossible murders. Its lecture on locked-room mysteries makes it a particularly explicit statement of Carr’s puzzle-making method.
American mystery fiction: Crime and detective fiction written in the United States, encompassing regional traditions and varied styles of investigation. Carr began as an American writer before building much of his career in Britain.
Agatha Christie: An English crime novelist whose detective fiction includes Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. Christie was a leading contemporary whose puzzle-centered mysteries shared the Golden Age audience.
Supernatural detective fiction: Detective fiction in which supernatural forces or events are central to the crime or its explanation. Carr often makes crimes look supernatural before resolving them through ordinary means.
Sir Henry Merrivale: A fictional detective created by John Dickson Carr, a sharp-minded barrister whose investigations often involve baffling physical puzzles. Merrivale leads Carr’s other major detective series, published under Carr’s name and Carter Dickson.
The Hollow Man: The British title of John Dickson Carr’s 1935 Dr. Gideon Fell novel, published in the United States as The Three Coffins. This title identifies the same landmark novel in its original British publication.
Golden Age of Detective Fiction: A period, roughly between the world wars, when puzzle-centered detective fiction flourished, especially in Britain. Carr’s intricate clue-driven novels are among the best-known works associated with this era.
Dorothy L. Sayers: An English crime writer and scholar best known for detective novels featuring Lord Peter Wimsey. Sayers was a prominent fellow member of the era’s British detective-fiction world.
Ghost story: A short story or other narrative centered on a ghost or haunting. Carr borrows the ghost story’s atmosphere while usually withholding supernatural explanations for the crime.

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