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Language English Pages 230 (1st US) Country United Kingdom | 3.4/5 Goodreads Publication date 1959 Originally published 1959 Page count 230 (1st US) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genres Historical Fiction, Mystery, Detective fiction Similar John Dickson Carr books, Detective fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scandal at High Chimneys: A Victorian Melodrama is a historical mystery novel by John Dickson Carr. It was published in the US and Canada by Harper & Row in August 1959.
The story is set in London, 1865, and concerns a house called High Chimneys where secrets are hidden among the household members.
Plot introduction
Clive Strickland, lawyer and author, was to discover a bewildering and terrifying slice of Victorian life when his friend Victor Damon asked him to visit the family estate. The Damon family home, a huge and formidable mansion, plays host to a multitude of characters. Strange things happen at the Damons': a ghost like figure threatens; Matthew Damon gets murdered under impossible circumstances and it take the brilliance of Jonathan Whicher to solve the tangled puzzle.