Dr. Fell, Detective, and Other Stories

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Language English Publication date 1947 Author John Dickson Carr Country United Kingdom		Series Gideon Fell Originally published 1947 Preceded by The Sleeping Sphinx Followed by The Skeleton in the Clock

Publisher Mercury Mystery paperback, New York City Genres Mystery, Detective fiction, Short story Similar John Dickson Carr books, Detective fiction books

Dr. Fell, Detective, and Other Stories, is a mystery short story collection written by John Dickson Carr and first published in the US by Lawrence E. Spivak (The American Mercury) in 1947.

Most of the stories feature his series detective Gideon Fell.

Stories and first publications

Dr. Gideon Fell:

The Proverbial Murder: first published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine in July 1943, as "The Proverbial Murderer".

The Locked Room: first published in Strand Magazine in July 1940.

The Wrong Problem

The Hangman Won't Wait

A Guest in the House (a shortened and altered version of Death and the Gilded Man)

Others:

The Devil in the Summer House

Will You Walk Into My Parlor?

Strictly Diplomatic

References

Dr. Fell, Detective, and Other Stories Wikipedia

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