Michael's Home Page: John Dickson Carr: Novels


The list is organized as follows: the novels are given in chronological order. For each novel, we provide the title, year and publisher of the original American and British editions of both hardback and paperback. We also provide additional information about the detective, and supplementary information, if any.

The information has been gathered from the excellent biography John Dickson Carr: The Man Who Explained Miracles by Douglas G. Greene (Otto Penzler, New York, 1995, ISBN 1-883402-47-6)


Novels under the name John Dickson Carr

  1. It Walks By Night
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1930; Harper & Brothers (British branch), London, 1930
    Pocket Books 101, 1941; Penguin 124, 1938
    Henri Bencolin [1]; Jeff Marle narrator
    [Revised and expanded version of "Grand Guignol," The Haverfordian, April 1929]

  2. The Lost Gallows
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1931; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1931
    Pocket Books, 436, 1947; (no British paperback editions)
    Henri Bencolin [2]; Jeff Marle narrator

  3. Castle Skull
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1931; Tom Stacey, London, 1973 (Severn House, 1976)
    Pocket Books, 448, 1947; (no British paperback editions)
    Henri Bencolin [3]; Jeff Marle narrator

  4. The Corpse in the Waxworks
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1932; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1932 (as The Waxworks Murder)
    Avon 33, 1943; Penguin 158, 1938
    Henri Bencolin [4]; Jeff Marle narrator

  5. Poison in Jest
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1932; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1932
    Thriller Novel Classic 23, 1944 (abridged), Popular Library 349, 1951; Penguin 250, 1940
    Patrick Rossiter; Jeff Marle narrator
    [Henri Bencolin is mentioned in passing]

  6. Hag's Nook
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1933; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1933
    Penguin (U.S. branch) 532, 1943; Penguin 256, 1940
    Dr. Gideon Fell [1]
    [A paperback edition with an introduction by Anthony Boucher was published in 1963 by Collier Books, New York; a paperback edition with an introduction by Douglas G. Greene was published in 1985 by International Polygonics, New York]

  7. The Mad Hatter Mystery
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1933; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1933
    Popular Library 61, 1945; Penguin 610, 1947
    Dr. Gideon Fell [2]

  8. The Eight of Swords
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1934; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1934
    Detective Novel Classic 32, 1944 (abridged), Berkley G-48, 1957; Pan G487, 1961
    Dr. Gideon Fell [3]

  9. The Blind Barber
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1934; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1934
    Penguin (U.S. branch) 528, 1943; Penguin 875, 1952
    Dr. Gideon Fell [4]
    [A paperback edition with an introduction by Anthony Boucher was published in 1962 by Collier Books, New York; a 1984 Collier reprint of this edition gives the cover title as The Case of The Blind Barber]

  10. Death-Watch
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1935; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1935
    Bestseller 78, 1946 (abridged), Dell 564, 1952; Penguin 914, 1953
    Dr. Gideon Fell [5]
    [Henri Bencolin is mentioned in passing; British edition contains a prefatory note not included in the American editions]

  11. The Three Coffins
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1935; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1934 (as The Hollow Man)
    Bestseller 47, 1944 (abridged), Popular Library 174, 1949; Penguin 862, 1951
    Dr. Gideon Fell [6]
    [A hardback edition with an introduction by Joan Kahn was published 1979 by Gregg Press, Boston]

  12. The Arabian Nights Murder
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1936; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1936
    Hillman Detective 1, 1944; (no British paperback editions)
    Dr. Gideon Fell [7]

  13. The Murder of Sir Edmund Godfrey
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1936; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1936
    Dolphin C-369, 1962; (no British paperback editions)
    [An unsolved murder of 1678 investigated as a detective novel; a hardback and paperback edition with a foreword and an afterword by Douglas G. Greene was published in 1989 by International Polygonics, New York]

  14. The Burning Court
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1937; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1937
    Popular Library 28, 1944; Guild 444, 1952
    [Non-series novel of detection and witchcraft]

  15. The Four False Weapons
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1937; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1938
    Detective Novel Classic 40, 1945 (abridged), Popular Library 282, 1950; Pan G453, 1961
    Henri Bencolin [5]
    [Serialized in the British magazine "Woman's Journal," December 1937-April 1938]

  16. To Wake the Dead
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1937; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1938
    Hillman Detective 1, 1944; (no British paperback editions)
    Dr. Gideon Fell [8]

  17. The Crooked Hinge
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1937; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1938
    Popular Library 19, 1943; Pan GP80, 1957
    Dr. Gideon Fell [9]
    [Serialized in the British magazine "The Passing Show," October 29, 1938-January 14, 1939; a hardback edition with an introduction and notes by Robert E. Briney was published in 1976 by University Extension, University of California at San Diego]

  18. The Problem of the Green Capsule
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1939; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1939 (as The Black Spectacles)
    Bantam 101, 1947; Pan 21, 1947
    Dr. Gideon Fell [10]
    [Serialized (as Mystery in Limelight ) in the British magazine "Woman's Journal," May-July 1939]

  19. The Problem of the Wire Cage
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1939; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1940
    Bantam 304, 1948; Pan 297, 1949
    Dr. Gideon Fell [11]
    [Serialized (as The Cage ) in the British magazine "Modern Woman," November 1939-March 1940]

  20. The Man Who Could Not Shudder
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1940; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1940
    Bantam 365, 1949; (no British paperback editions)
    Dr. Gideon Fell [12]

  21. The Case of the Constant Suicides
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1941; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1941
    Dell 91, 1945; Penguin 947, 1953
    Dr. Gideon Fell [13]

  22. Death Turns the Tables
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1941; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1942 (as The Seat of the Scornful)
    Pocket Books 350, 1946 (printed December 1945); Pan G309, 1960
    Dr. Gideon Fell [14]

  23. The Emperor's Snuff-Box
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1942; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1943
    Bantam Pocket Books 372, 1946; Penguin 949, 1953
    [Non-series detective novel featuring Dr. Dermot Kinross; Serialized in the British magazine "Woman's Journal," February-May 1943]

  24. Till Death Do Us Part
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1944; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1944
    Bantam 793, 1950; Penguin 950, 1953
    Dr. Gideon Fell [15]

  25. He Who Whispers
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1946; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1946
    Bantam 896, 1951; Penguin 948, 1953
    Dr. Gideon Fell [16]

  26. The Sleeping Sphinx
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1947; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1947
    Editions for the Armed Services 1280, 1947 (non-commercial), Bantam 996, 1952 (commercial); Pan G595, 1962
    Dr. Gideon Fell [17]
    [Serialized in the British magazine "Woman's Own," May 30-July 18, 1947]

  27. Dr. Fell, Detective, and Other Stories
    The American Mercury, Lawrence E. Spivak, Publisher, New York, 1947; (no British editions)
    [A collection, edited by Ellery Queen, containing the following short stories and radio plays: "The Proverbial Murder" (Dr. Fell), "The Locked Room" (Dr. Fell), "The Wrong Problem" (Dr. Fell), "The Hangman Won't Wait" (Dr. Fell radio play), "A Guest in the House" (Dr. Fell), "The Devil in the Summer-House" (radio play), "Will You Walk into My Parlour?" (radio play), and "Strictly Diplomatic." All of the contents appear in later JDC books.]

  28. The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1949; John Murray, London, 1949
    Dolphin C-117, ca. 1960; Pan GP20, 1953
    [Biography of the creator of Sherlock Holmes]

  29. Below Suspicion
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1949; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1950
    Bantam 1119, 1953; Penguin 1164, 1956
    Dr. Gideon Fell [18]; features barrister Patrick Butler

  30. The Bride of Newgate
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1950; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1950
    In "Avon Giant Mystery Reader" anthology, Avon G1004, 1951, Avon 476, 1952; Corgi G194, 1956
    [Historical detective novel, taking place in England in 1815; Serialized in the British magazine "Woman's Journal," June-September 1950; a hardback edition with an introduction by Peter Chambers was published in 1991 by Chivers Press (Bath)]

  31. The Devil in Velvet
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1951; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1951
    Bantam A1009, 1952; Penguin 1242, 1957
    [Historical detective novel, taking place in England in 1675]

  32. The 9 Wrong Answers
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1952; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1952
    Bantam 1325, 1955 (abridged); Corgi 1325, 1956 (abridged)
    [Non-series detective novel featuring Bill Dawson; All paperbacks are abridged, although some do not admit the fact]

  33. The Third Bullet and Other Stories
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1954; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1954
    Bantam 1447, 1956; (no British paperback editions)
    [A collection containing an abridged version of the title novella, which had appeared, unabridged, as a separately published paperback in 1937 under the Carter Dickson pseudonym, and the following short stories: "The Clue of the Red Wig", "The House in Goblin Wood" (Sir Henry Merrivale), "The Wrong Problem" (Dr. Fell), "The Proverbial Murder" (Dr. Fell), "The Locked Room" (Dr. Fell), and "The Gentleman from Paris." Three of these stories had previously been collected in Dr. Fell, Detective, and Other Stories, 1947]

  34. The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes (with Adrian Conan Doyle)
    Random House, New York, 1954; John Murray, London, 1954
    Ace D-181, 1956 (with the front cover title The New Exploits of Sherlock Holmes); Sphere, 1978
    [Twelve pastisches of Sherlock Holmes. The following stories were written by JDC and Adrian Conan Doyle: "The Adventure of the Seven Clocks," "The Adventure of the Gold Hunter," "The Adventure of the Wax Gamblers," "The Adventure of the Black Baronet," and "The Adventure of the Sealed Room." The remaining six stories were written by Adrian Conan Doyle. In 1963, John Murray reprinted these six stories in a paperback volume retaining the title The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes. In 1964, John Murray reprinted the first six stories (by JDC and Doyle) in a paperback entitled More Exploits of Sherlock Holmes.]

  35. Captain Cut-Throat
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1955; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1955
    Bantam A1472, 1956; Penguin 1488, 1960
    [Historical detective novel, taking place in France in 1805; Serialized as Black Sabre in the British magazine "Argosy," May-August 1955]

  36. Patrick Butler for the Defence
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1956; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1956
    Bantam 1682, 1957; Penguin 1391, 1959
    Patrick Butler (the barrister from Below Suspicion)
    [Dr. Gideon Fell is mentioned in passing; The first American paperback has a slight change in the spelling of the title]

  37. Fire, Burn!
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1957; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1957
    Bantam A1847, 1959; Penguin 1622, 1961
    [Historical detective novel, taking place in England in 1829; the first of three volumes about the London police]

  38. The Dead Man's Knock
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1958; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1958
    Bantam A2108, 1960; Penguin 1564, 1961
    Dr. Gideon Fell [19]

  39. Scandal at High Chimneys
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1959; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1959
    Bantam A2155, 1960; Pan G537, 1962
    [Historical detective novel, taking place in England in 1865; the second of three volumes about the London police]

  40. In Spite of Thunder
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1960; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1960
    Bantam A2267, 1961; Penguin C2386, 1966
    Dr. Gideon Fell [20]

  41. The Witch of the Low-Tide
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1961; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1961
    Bantam J2559, 1963; Penguin C2132, 1964
    [Historical detective novel, taking place in England in 1907; the third of three volumes about the London police; The British edition concludes with "Notes for the Curious," lacking in the U.S. edition]

  42. The Demoniacs
    Harper & Row, New York and Evanston, 1962; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1962
    Bantam F2767, 1964; Penguin C2220, 1965
    [Historical detective novel, taking place in England in 1757; though never publicized as such, this book was clearly meant as a precursor to the series about the London police]

  43. The Grandest Game in the World
    Davis Publications, New York, 1963; (no British editions)
    [A portion of an essay on detective fiction written about 1946 as an introduction to a never-published anthology. With a newly written postscript, it was printed in "Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine," March 1963, and this twenty-two page pamphlet, limited to three hundred copies, was probably published simultaneously. The complete essay was not published until it was included in the paperback edition of The Door to Doom, 1991.]

  44. The Men Who Explained Miracles
    Harper & Row, New York and Evanston, 1963; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1964
    Pyramid R1083, 1964; Penguin C2513, 1966
    [A collection containing the following stories: "William Wilson's Racket" (Colonel March), "The Empty Flat" (Colonel March), "The Incautious Burglar" (Dr. Fell), "Invisible Hands" (Dr. Fell), "Strictly Diplomatic," "The Black Cabinet," and "All in a Maze" (Sir Henry Merrivale). "Strictly Diplomatic" and "The Incautious Burglar" (under the title "A Guest in the House") were previously collected in Dr. Fell, Detective, and Other Stories, 1947.]

  45. Most Secret
    Harper & Row, New York and Evanston, 1964; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1964
    Berkley S1709, 1969; (no British paperback editions)
    [Historical detective novel, taking place in England in 1670. This is a revised version of Devil Kinsmere, 1934, which was published under the pseudonym Roger Fairbairn]

  46. The House at Satan's Elbow
    Harper & Row, New York, 1965; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1965
    Signet P3102, 1967; Pan, 1969
    Dr. Gideon Fell [21]

  47. Panic in Box C
    Harper & Row, New York, 1966; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1966
    Berkley X1587, 1968; Pan, 1970
    Dr. Gideon Fell [22]

  48. Dark of the Moon
    Harper & Row, New York and Evanston, 1967; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1968
    Berkley S1656, 1969; Corgi, 1970
    Dr. Gideon Fell [23]

  49. Papa La-Bas
    Harper & Row, New York and Evanston, 1968; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1969
    Carroll & Graf, 1989; (no British paperback editions)
    [Historical detective novel, taking place in New Orleans in 1858.]

  50. The Ghosts' High Noon
    Harper & Row, New York and Evanston, 1969; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1970
    Carroll & Graf, 1990; (no British paperback editions)
    [Historical detective novel, taking place in New Orleans in 1912.]

  51. Deadly Hall
    Harper & Row, New York and Evanston, 1971; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1971
    Carroll & Graf, 1989; (no British paperback editions)
    [Historical detective novel, taking place in New Orleans in 1927.]

  52. The Hungry Goblin
    Harper & Row, New York and Evanston, 1972; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1972
    (No paperback editions)
    [Historical detective novel, taking place in England in 1869.]

  53. The Door to Doom and Other Detections
    Harper & Row, New York and Evanston, 1980; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1981
    International Polygonics, 1991; (no British paperback editions)
    [A collection, edited by Douglas G. Greene, containing the following material: "'As Drink the Dead ...,'" "The Shadow of the Goat" (Bencolin), "The Fourth Suspect" (Bencolin), "The Murder in Number Four" (Bencolin), "Cabin B-13" (radio play), "The Hangman Won't Wait" (Dr. Fell radio play), "The Phantom Archer" (radio play), "The Bride Vanishes" (radio play), "Will You Make a Bet with Death?" (radio play), "The Devil in the Summer-House" (radio play), "The Man Who Was Dead," "The Door to Doom," "Terror's Dark Tower," "The Adventure of the Cock-Singleton Papers" (Sherlockian playlet), "The Adventure of the Paradol Chamber" (Sherlockian playlet), "Stand and Deliver!" (essay), and "The Grandest Game in the World" (portion of essay). Two of the radio plays were previously collected in Dr. Fell, Detective, and Other Stories, 1947. The paperback edition of The Door to Doom and Other Detections differs from earlier printings in that it contains the first publication of the complete essay "The Grandest Game in the World."]

  54. The Dead Sleep Lightly
    Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday & Co., 1983; (no British editions)
    [A collection, edited by Douglas G. Greene, containing nine radio scripts: "The Black Minute" (Dr. Fell), "The Devil's Saint," "The Dragon in the Pool," "The Dead Sleep Lightly" (Dr. Fell), "Death Has Four Faces," "Vampire Tower," "The Devil's Manuscript," "White Tiger Passage," and "The Villa of the Damned." A different version of "Vampire Tower" was previously collected in Dr. Fell, Detective, and Other Stories, 1947, as "Will You Walk into my Parlour?" The dust jacket of The Dead Sleep Lightly adds a subtitle: And Other Mysteries from Radio's Golden Age]

  55. Crime on the Coast and No Flowers by Request
    Victor Gollancz, London, 1981
    Berkley, 1987; (no British paperback editions)
    [Two round-robin novellas by various mystery writers. JDC wrote the two opening chapters of the first story.]

  56. Fell and Foul Play
    International Polygonics, New York, 1991
    (no paperback editions)
    [A collection, edited by Douglas G. Greene, containing the following: from The Department of Queer Complaints, 1940, "The Other Hangman" and "Persons or Things Unknown"; from The Third Bullet and other Stories, 1954, "The Wrong Problem" (Dr. Fell), "The Proverbial Murder" (Dr. Fell), and "The Gentleman from Paris"; from The Men Who Explained Miracles, 1963, "The Incautious Burglar" (Dr. Fell), "Invisible Hands" (Dr. Fell), and "The Black Cabinet"; from The Dead Sleep Lightly, 1983, "The Black Minute" (Dr. Fell radio play), and "The Dead Sleep Lightly" (Dr. Fell radio play). The book also includes the full 1937 version of "The Third Bullet" and the following previously uncollected material: "Who Killed Matthew Corbin?" (Dr. Fell radio play differing from previously published version, which does not have Dr. Fell), and "The Dim Queen."]

  57. Merrivale, March and Murder
    International Polygonics, New York, 1991
    (no paperback editions)
    [A collection, edited by Douglas G. Greene, containing the following: from The Department of Queer Complaints, 1940, "The New Invisible Man" (Colonel March), "The Crime in Nobody's Room" (Colonel March), "Error at Daybreak" (Colonel March), "Hot Money" (Colonel March), "Death in the Dressing-Room" (Colonel March), "The Silver Curtain" (Colonel March), "The Footprint in the Sky" (Colonel March), "Blind Man's Hood," and "New Murders for Old"; from The Third Bullet and other Stories, 1954, "The House in Goblin Wood" (Sir Henry Merrivale) and "The Clue of the Red Wig"; from The Men Who Explained Miracles, 1963, "All in a Maze" (Sir Henry Merrivale), "The Empty Flat" (Colonel March), "William Wilson's Racket" (Colonel March), and "Strictly Diplomatic." The book also includes the following previously uncollected material: "The Diamond Pentacle," "Lair of the Devil-Fish" (radio play), and "Scotland Yard's Christmas."]

  58. Speak of the Devil
    Crippen & Landru, Publishers, Norfolk, VI, 1994
    [The first publication of JDC's eight-part radio script, broadcast on the BBC in 1941. Introduction by Tony Medawar.]

Novels under the pseudonym Carr Dickson

  1. The Bowstring Murders
    William Morrow, New York, 1933; William Heinemann, London, 1934 (as by Carter Dickson)
    Pocket Books 46, 1940 (as by Carter Dickson); Guild S89, 1944 (as by Carter Dickson)
    Sir Henry Merrivale [1]
    [Non-series detective novel featuring John Gaunt; also featuring Dr. Michael Tierlaine. Carr had originally proposed that this book be published under the pseudonym Christopher Street, but Morrow chose Carr Dickson. Carr objected, and a promise was reached that reprints and future titles by John Dickson Carr published by Morrow would be credited to Carter Dickson. The original pseudonym was restored on the 1989 Zebra paperback edition.]

Novels under the pseudonym Carter Dickson

  1. The Plague Court Murders
    William Morrow, New York, 1934; William Heinemann, London, 1935
    Avon 7, 1941; Penguin 820, 1951
    Sir Henry Merrivale [1]
    [A paperback edition with an introduction by Douglas G. Greene was published in 1990 by International Polygonics]

  2. The White Priory Murders
    William Morrow, New York, 1934; William Heinemann, London, 1935
    Pocket Books 156, 1942; Penguin 811, 1951
    Sir Henry Merrivale [2]

  3. The Red Widow Murders
    William Morrow, New York, 1935; William Heinemann, London, 1935
    Pocket Books 86, 1940; Penguin 815, 1951
    Sir Henry Merrivale [3]
    [Features Dr. Michael Tiarlaine. John Gaunt, the detective in The Bowstring Murders, 1933, is mentioned in passing.]

  4. The Unicorn Murders
    William Morrow, New York, 1935; William Heinemann, London, 1936
    Dell 16, 1943; (no British paperback editions)
    Sir Henry Merrivale [4]

  5. The Punch and Judy Murders
    William Morrow, New York, 1937 (printed December, 1936); William Heinemann, London, 1936 (as The Magic-Lantern Murders)
    Pocket Books 219, 1943; (no British paperback editions)
    Sir Henry Merrivale [5]

  6. The Peacock Feather Murders
    William Morrow, New York, 1937; William Heinemann, London, 1937 (as The Ten Teacups)
    Pocket Books 180, 1942; Penguin 817, 1951
    Sir Henry Merrivale [6]
    [Serialized as The Ten Teacups in the British magazine "The Passing Show", November 27, 1937-January 29, 1938.]

  7. The Third Bullet
    Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1937
    (no paperback editions)
    [A separately published novella in the series "New-at-Ninepence". Its first American publication was an abridgement in "Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine", January 1948, and it is this version that appeared in all subsequent reprints, including The Third Bullet and Other Stories, 1954, until the full text was restored in Fell and Foul Play, 1991. The novella features a non-series detective, Colonel Marquis, whom JDC described as "probably a mental forerunner of Colonel March."]

  8. The Judas Window
    William Morrow, New York, 1938 (printed December, 1937); William Heinemann, London, 1938
    Pocket Books 231, 1943; Penguin 819, 1951
    Sir Henry Merrivale [7]
    [The book was also published as The Crossbow Murder, Berkley paperback F870, 1964. A paperback edition (using the original title) with an introduction by Douglas G. Greene was published in 1987 by International Polygonics, New York. The British and American editions have many textual differences, mostly minor, but the name of one major character is different.]

  9. Death in Five Boxes
    William Morrow, New York, 1938; William Heinemann, London, 1938
    Bestseller 45, 1943 (abridged), Dell 108, 1946; Guild 112, 1943
    Sir Henry Merrivale [8]
    [Serialized as The Man With Five Secrets in the British magazine "Home Journal", August 2-September 17, 1938.]

  10. Fatal Descent (with John Rhode)
    Dodd, Mead, New York, 1939; William Heinemann, London, 1939 (as Drop to His Death)
    Popular Library 87, 1947; (no British paperback editions)
    [Non-series detective novel featuring Dr. Horatio Glass and Inspector Hornbeam]

  11. The Reader is Warned
    William Morrow, New York, 1939; William Heinemann, London, 1939
    Pocket Books 303, 1945; Penguin 812, 1951
    Sir Henry Merrivale [9]

  12. And So To Murder
    William Morrow, New York, 1940; William Heinemann, London, 1941
    Dell 175, 1947; Penguin 814, 1951
    Sir Henry Merrivale [10]
    [A cloth edition with an introduction by John Kennedy Melling was published in 1987 by Chivers Press, Bath. Serialized as Two Angry People in the British magazine "Woman's Journal", June-September, 1940.]

  13. Nine---and Death Makes Ten
    William Morrow, New York, 1940; William Heinemann, London, 1940 (as Murder in the Submarine Zone)
    Pocket Books 335, 1945; World W840, 1951 (as Murder in the Atlantic)
    Sir Henry Merrivale [11]
    [A cloth edition, using the U.S. title, with an introduction by John Kennedy Melling was published in 1991 by Chivers Press, Bath.]

  14. The Department of Queer Complaints
    William Morrow, New York, 1940; William Heinemann, London, 1940
    Bestseller 34, 1942 (omitting one of the non-Colonel March stories), Editions for the Armed Forces 1069, 1946 (non-commercial); Pan X208, 1963
    [A collection containing the following short stories: "The New Invisible Man" (Colonel March), "The Footprint in the Sky" (Colonel March), "The Crime in Nobody's Room" (Colonel March), "Hot Money" (Colonel March), "Death in the Dressing-Room" (Colonel March), "The Silver Curtain" (Colonel March), "Error at Daybreak" (Colonel March), "The Other Hangman," "New Murders for Old," "Persons or Things Unknown," and "Blind Man's Hood." Omitting all four non-Colonel March stories, the book was also published as Scotland Yard: The Department of Queer Complaints, Dell 65, 1944. A hardback edition of the complete book with an introduction by Richard Levinson and William Link was published in 1981 by Gregg Press, Boston.]

  15. Seeing is Believing
    William Morrow, New York, 1941; William Heinemann, London, 1942
    Pocket Books 386, 1946; World M854, 1959 (as Cross of Murder)
    Sir Henry Merrivale [12]
    [Serialized as Invitation to a Mystery in the British magazine "Woman's Journal", May-August, 1941.]

  16. The Gilded Man
    William Morrow, New York, 1942; William Heinemann, London, 1942
    Pocket Books 478, 1947 (as Death and the Gilded Man); Pan 168, 1951
    Sir Henry Merrivale [13]

  17. She Died a Lady
    William Morrow, New York, 1943 (printed December, 1942); William Heinemann, London, 1943
    Pocket Books 507, 1948; Penguin 816, 1951
    Sir Henry Merrivale [14]

  18. He Wouldn't Kill Patience
    Hampton Publishing distributed by William Morrow, New York, 1944; William Heinemann, London, 1944
    Dell 370, 1950; Penguin 818, 1951
    Sir Henry Merrivale [15]
    [Serialized as Magicians Dine Out in the British magazine "Woman's Journal", December, 1943-February, 1944.]

  19. The Curse of the Bronze Lamp
    William Morrow, New York, 1945; William Heinemann, London, 1946 (as Lord of the Sorcerers)
    Editions for the Armed Services 991, 1946 (non-commercial), Pocket Books 568, 1949 (commercial); Pan 390, 1956 (uses U.S. title)
    Sir Henry Merrivale [16]

  20. My Late Wives
    William Morrow, New York, 1946; William Heinemann, London, 1947
    Editions for the Armed Services 1246, 1947 (non-commercial), Pocket Books 633, 1949 (commercial); Pan 263, 1953
    Sir Henry Merrivale [17]
    [Serialized in abridged form as Case of the Vanishing Brides in the British magazine "Woman's Journal", April-June, 1947.]

  21. The Skeleton in the Clock
    William Morrow, New York, 1948; William Heinemann, London, 1949
    Dell 481, 1951; Pan G162, 1958
    Sir Henry Merrivale [18]

  22. A Graveyard to Let
    William Morrow, New York, 1949; William Heinemann, London, 1950
    Dell 543, 1951; Pan 337, 1955
    Sir Henry Merrivale [19]

  23. Night at the Mocking Widow
    William Morrow, New York, 1950; William Heinemann, London, 1951
    Dell 650, 1953; Pan G279, 1959
    Sir Henry Merrivale [20]

  24. Behind the Crimson Blind
    William Morrow, New York, 1952; William Heinemann, London, 1952
    Dell 690, 1953; Pan G340, 1960
    Sir Henry Merrivale [21]
    [A cloth edition with an introduction by John Kennedy Melling was published in 1990 by Chivers Press, Bath. Serialized in abridged form in the British magazine "Argosy", January-April, 1952.]

  25. The Cavalier's Cup
    William Morrow, New York, 1953; William Heinemann, London, 1954
    Zebra, 1987; Pan G412, 1960
    Sir Henry Merrivale [22]

  26. Fear Is the Same
    William Morrow, New York, 1956; William Heinemann, London, 1956
    Bantam A2000, 1959; World HN 847, 1959
    [Historical detective novel, taking place in England in 1795.]

Novels under the pseudonym Roger Fairbairn

  1. Devil Kinsmere
    Harper & Brothers, New York, 1934 (Published in 1935); Hamish Hamilton, London, 1934
    (no paperback editions)
    [Historical novel, taking place in England in 1670. Carr later rewrote the novel and published it under his own name as Most Secret, 1964.]


Michael Patriksson
Department of Mathematics,
Chalmers University of Technology,
Gothenburg (Göteborg)
mipat@math.chalmers.se