John Dickson Carr from I Cannot Live Without Books

Castle Skull: A Rhineland Mystery (British Library Crime Classics) by John Dickson Carr And so a dark shadow looms over the Rhineland where Inspector Henri Bencolin and his accomplice, Jeff Marle, have arrived from Paris. Entreated by the Belgian financier D'Aunay to investigate the gruesome and grimly theatrical death of actor Myron Alison, the pair find themselves at Schloss Schadel, an… Read more about this item

It Walks by Night: A Paris Mystery (American Mystery Classics) by John Dickson Carr Inspector Bencolin has summoned his allies to discuss a peculiar case in the smoke-wreathed gloom of a Parisian salon. A would-be murderer, imprisoned for his attempt to kill his wife, has escaped and is known to have visited a plastic surgeon. His whereabouts remain a mystery, though… Read more about this item

The Lost Gallows: A London Mystery (American Mystery Classics) by John Dickson Carr As the thick, autumnal fog chokes the capital, within the fire-lit lounge of London's notorious Brimstone Club, a bizarre tale is being spun for Inspector Bencolin and his friend Jeff Marle. A club member has been sent a model of a tiny gallows, and the word is that… Read more about this item