Sir Henry Merrivale is a fictional amateur detective created by "Carter Dickson", a pen name of John Dickson Carr (1906–1977). Also known as "the Old...
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characters. His two best-known fictional detectives (Dr. Gideon Fell and Sir Henry Merrivale) were both English. Carr is generally regarded as one of the greatest...
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focused on creating English sleuths such as Dr. Gideon Fell and Sir Henry Merrivale. Bencolin is a juge d'instruction (examining magistrate) in the Paris...
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Carter Dickson. It is a whodunnit and features the series detective Sir Henry Merrivale and Scotland Yard Chief Inspector Humphrey Masters. Monica Stanton...
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name of Carter Dickson, published in 1938 and featuring detective Sir Henry Merrivale. In a poll of 17 mystery writers and reviewers, this novel was voted...
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John Thorndyke, Philip Trent, Sir Henry Merrivale, Roderick Alleyn, Father Brown, Albert Campion, C. Auguste Dupin, Sir John Appleby, Inspector Ghote...
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Edward Duke, 1st Baron Merrivale (1855–1939) Edward Duke, 2nd Baron Merrivale (1883–1951) Jack Henry Edmond Duke, 3rd Baron Merrivale (1917–2007) Derek John...
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fiction, as written by John Dickson Carr (St John Lord Merridew = Sir Henry Merrivale), on whom Olivier's physical appearance is modelled, and Agatha Christie...
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Dickson Carr, who wrote it under the name of Carter Dickson. The first Sir Henry Merrivale mystery, it is a locked room mystery of the subtype known as an "impossible...
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Carter Dickson. It is a whodunnit featuring the series detective Sir Henry Merrivale. Elderly Dr. Luke Croxley narrates a story with a very old theme...
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