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Country United Kingdom Publication date 1933 OCLC 19837937 ISBN 0-8217-2687-0 | 3.4/5 Goodreads Language English Pages 280 (1st US) Originally published 1933 Page count 280 (1st US) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Print (hardback & paperback) Genres Mystery, Detective fiction Publishers William Morrow and Company (US 1st edition, 1933), Heinemann (UK, 1934) Similar John Dickson Carr books, Detective fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Bowstring Murders is a mystery novel by the American writer John Dickson Carr (1906–1977), who wrote it under the name of Carr Dickson. It is a whodunit and also his only novel with the alcoholic detective John Gaunt.
The Bowstring Murders is the only one of his many works to be published under the name Carr Dickson; subsequent reprints have been under his main pseudonym of "Carter Dickson".
Plot summary
Elderly eccentric Lord Rayle has a priceless collection of medieval arms and armour housed at Bowstring Castle. When he is found strangled by one of his own bowstrings, it is up to John Gaunt to solve the crime.
References
The Bowstring Murders Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA