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The men who explained miracles

The men who explained miracles

six short stories and a novelette
CrimeMystery
Pages
159
Published
1963
Language
English

Synopsis

Dr. Gideon Fell faces his most baffling case yet when a series of seemingly impossible crimes, dubbed 'miracles,' plague London. With no logical explanation for how the perpetrators vanished from locked rooms or committed acts defying physics, Fell must use his sharp intellect to expose the human trickery behind these supernatural occurrences. This classic mystery challenges readers to decipher the impossible alongside the brilliant detective.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

TenseIntellectual
Locked RoomMystery Box

Genres

Crime Mystery

About the author

J
John Dickson Carr

John Dickson Carr was a very highly regarded American mystery writer, though he lived for most of the '30s and '40s in England, married there and set many of his books there (Wikipedia). His two main detectives, Dr. Fell and Sir Henry Merrivale, were very English (Wikipedia).