Author:John Dickson Carr
American mystery author, master of the locked-room mystery; also wrote as Carter Dickson, Carr Dickson, and Roger Fairbairn
Works edit
Novels edit
- It Walks By Night (1930)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2026 due to Renewal R187877
- The Lost Gallows (1931)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2027 due to Renewal R215311
- Castle Skull (1931)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2027 due to Renewal R225475
- The Corpse in the Waxworks (aka The Waxworks Murder (UK name), 1932)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2028 due to Renewal R234411
- Poison in Jest (1932)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2028 due to Renewal R243207
Short stories edit
- "The Shadow of the Goat"
- "The Fourth Suspect"
- "The End of Justice"
- The Murder in Number Four (1928) (transcription project) (from page 3)
- Grand Guignol (early version of It Walks By Night) (1928) (transcription project) (from page 202)
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This author died in 1977, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 46 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
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