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Central Branch | Fiction MYSTERY Carr | Copies Available |
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Isabel Turner Branch | Fiction MYSTERY Carr | On loan until: 16/May/24 |
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Title Statement | The lost gallows: a London mystery / John Dickson Carr ; with an introduction by Martin Edwards. |
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Series | British Library crime classics |
Author | Carr, John Dickson, 1906-1977 |
Additional Contributors | Carr, John Dickson,1906-1977 |
Publication | Naperville, Illinois: Poisoned Pen Press,[2021]©1931 |
Extent of Item | x, 266 pages ; |
ISBN | 9781728219882 (pbk.) 1728219884 (pbk.) |
Other Number | 3901805 |
General Notes | "The Lost Gallows was originally published in 1931 in New York, U.S., and London, UK by Harper & Brothers. "The Ends of Justice" was originally published in May 1927 in Haverford, Pennsylvania, U.S. in The Haverfordian, Haverford College""--Title page verso. |
Summary | Inspector Bencolin attempts to piece together a puzzle involving a disappearing street and a set of gallows that mysteriously appears through the thick London fog. And a mythical spirit, Jack Ketch, may be afoot and in the business of wanton execution, leaving Londoners on edge and in fear of the bogeyman. This edition also includes the rare Bencolin short story "The Ends of Justice." |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Streets--Fiction--England--London |
Gallows--Fiction--England | |
Murder--Fiction--Investigation--England--London | |
French--Fiction--England | |
By Location | London (England)--Fiction |
By Genre | Mystery fiction |