Author: John Dickson Carr Year: 1933 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery
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ISBNs: 9781568659558 9780930330286 1568659555 0930330285 |
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In his detecting debut, larger than life lexicographer Dr. Gideon Fell is entertaining young American college graduate Tad Rampole at Yew Cottage, Fell's charming home in the English countryside. Within sight of his study window is the ruin of Chatterham Prison, perched high on a precipice known as Hag's Nook. The prison's land belongs to the Starberth family- whose eldest sons must each spend an hour in the prison's eerie "Governor's Room' to inherit the family fortune.
Rampole is especially interested in the family, having met the young and beautiful Dorothy Starberth on the train from London. He readily agrees when Fell and the local reverend, Thomas Saunders, ask him to accompany them as they watch and wait for badly frightened Martin Starberth to complete 'his hour' in the prison. Martin has every reason to be afraid; more than one Starberth heir has met an untimely end. Will his turn come tonight?
This book is part of the "Dr. Gideon Fell" series. Here are some other books from this series:
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 | "Panic in Box C" First published in 1966 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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 | "The Dead Man's Knock" First published in 1958 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Below Suspicion" First published in 1949 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Sleeping Sphinx" First published in 1947 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "He Who Whispers" First published in 1946 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "To Wake the Dead" First published in 1938 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Crooked Hinge" First published in 1937 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Hollow Man" First published in 1935 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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