Carr Reviews

1930

It Walks by Night (Bencolin)

itwalksbynight

Other reviews:

In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

Ah Sweet Mystery

Cross Examining Crime

Past Offences

The Reader is Warned

In So Many Words


1931

The Lost Gallows (Bencolin)

lostgallows

Castle Skull (Bencolin)

castleskull

Other reviews:

In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

Tipping My Fedora

Vintage Pop Fictions


1932

The Corpse in the Waxworks (Bencolin)

corpseinwaxworks

Other reviews:

The Invisible Event

Vintage Pop Fictions

Poison in Jest

poisoninjest


1933

Hag’s Nook (Fell)

hagsnook

Other reviews:

In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

Tipping My Fedora

The Bowstring Murders

bowstringmurders

Other reviews:

Past Offences

Justice for the Corpse

The Mad Hatter Mystery (Fell)

madhatter


1934

The Eight of Swords (Fell)

eightofswords

Other reviews:

Noah’s Archives

The Blind Barber (Fell)

blindbarber

The Plague Court Murders (Merrivale)

PlagueCourt

Other reviews:

Vintage Pop Fictions

Ah Sweet Mystery

The White Priory Murders (Merrivale)

whitepriory


1935

Death Watch (Fell)

deathwatch2

Cross Examining Crime

The Hollow Man (Fell)

hollowman

Other reviews:

The Invisible Event

Cross Examining Crime

Past Offences

The Red Widow Murders (Merrivale)

redwidow

Other reviews:

In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

The Invisible Event

The Unicorn Murders (Merrivale)

unicornmurders

Other reviews:

In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

Noah’s Archives

The Invisible Event


1936

The Arabian Nights Murder (Fell)

arabiannights

Other reviews:

The Invisible Event

The Punch and Judy Murders (Merrivale)

punchandjudy

Other reviews:

In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

The Murder of Sir Edmund Godfrey (historical)

SirEdmund


1937

The Burning Court

burningcourt

Other reviews:

Cross Examining Crime

Ah Sweet Mystery

Tipping My Fedora

The Invisible Event

The Ten Teacups (Merrivale)

thetenteacups

Other reviews:

In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel (Spoilers)

The Invisible Event

Ah Sweet Mystery (Spoilers)

Cross Examining Crime


1938

The Four False Weapons (Bencolin)

fourfalseweapons

To Wake the Dead (Fell)

towakethedead

Other reviews:

Tipping My Fedora

In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

The Crooked Hinge (Fell)

crookedhinge

Other reviews:

In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

The Invisible Event

Cross Examining Crime

The Judas Window (Merrivale)

judaswindow2

Other reviews:

In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

Tipping My Fedora

Cross Examining Crime

Beneath the Stains of Time

Vintage Pop Fictions

Only Detect

Death in Five Boxes (Merrivale)

deathin5boxes

Other reviews:

The Invisible Event

Pretty Sinister Books


1939

The Problem of the Green Capsule (Fell)

problemofthegreencapsule

Other reviews:

The Invisible Event

Tipping My Fedora

Pretty Sinister Books

Ah Sweet Mystery

Cross Examining Crime

The Problem of the Wire Cage (Fell)

problemofwirecage

Other reviews:

In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

Only Detect

Ah Sweet Mystery

Cross Examining Crime

Mysteries Ahoy

The Invisible Event (contains heavy spoilers)

Fatal Descent (with John Rhode)

FatalDescent

The Invisible Event

The Reader is Warned (Merrivale)

readeriswarned

Other reviews:

In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

Noah’s Archives

Pretty Sinister Books


1940

The Man Who Could Not Shudder (Fell)

themanwhocouldnotshudder

Other reviews:

In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

Pretty Sinister Books

And So to Murder (Merrivale)

andsotomurder

Other reviews:

Beneath the Stains of Time

Justice for the Corpse

Nine – and Death Makes Ten (Merrivale)

nineanddeath

Other reviews:

In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

The Reader is Warned

Tipping My Fedora


1941

The Case of the Constant Suicides (Fell)

caseofconstantsuicides

Other reviews:

In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

Cross Examining Crime

Only Detect

Mysteries Ahoy!

Death Turns the Tables (Fell)

deathturnsthetables

Other reviews:

In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

Pretty Sinister Books

Seeing is Believing (Merrivale)

seeingisbelieving

Other reviews:

In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel


1942

The Emperor’s Snuff Box

emperorssnuffbox

Other reviews:

In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

Tipping My Fedora

Beneath the Stains of Time

Ah Sweet Mystery

The Gilded Man (Merrivale)

gildedman

In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel


1943

She Died a Lady (Merrivale)

shediedalady

Other reviews:

In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

The Reader is Warned

Beneath the Stains of Time

Ah Sweet Mystery

Tipping My Fedora

In So Many Words


1944

Till Death Do Us Part (Fell)

tildeathdouspart

Other reviews:

In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

The Invisible Event

The Reader is Warned

He Wouldn’t Kill Patience (Merrivale)

hewouldntkillpatience

Other reviews:

In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel


1945

The Curse of the Bronze Lamp (Merrivale)

bronzelamp

Other reviews:

In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

In So Many Words

The Reader is Warned


1946

He Who Whispers (Fell)

hewhowhispers

Other reviews:

In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

Ah Sweet Mystery

Tipping My Fedora

Beneath the Stains of Time

Only Detect

My Late Wives (Merrivale)

MyLateWives

Other reviews:

In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

My Late Wives


1947

The Sleeping Sphinx (Fell)

sleepingsphinx

Other reviews:

In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel


1948

The Skeleton in the Clock (Merrivale)

skeletonintheclock

Other reviews:

Vintage Pop Fiction


1949

Below Suspicion (Fell)

belowsuspicion

A Graveyard to Let (Merrivale)

agraveyardtolet

Other reviews:

In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

Mysteries Ahoy


1950

The Bride of Newgate (historical)

brideofnewgate

Other reviews:

In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

The Invisible Event

Beneath the Stains of Time

At the Scene of the Crime

Night at the Mocking Widow (Merrivale)

nightatmockingwidow

Other reviews:

In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

Justice for the Corpse


1951

The Devil in Velvet (historical)

devilinvelvet

Other reviews:

The Invisible Event

Past Offences

Vintage Pop Fictions


1952

The Nine Wrong Answers

ninewronganswers

Other reviews:

In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

Cross Examining Crime

At the Scene of the Crime

Behind the Crimson Blind (Merrivale)

BehindTheCrimsonBlind


1953

The Cavalier’s Cup (Merrivale)

CaveliersCup

Other reviews:

Beneath the Stains of Time


1955

Captain Cut Throat (historical)

captaincutthroat2

Other reviews:

In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

Beneath the Stains of Time


1956

Patrick Butler for the Defense

PatrickButler

Other reviews:

Cross Examining Crime

A Penguin a Week

Fear is the Same (historical)

FearIsTheSame

Other reviews:

Beneath the Stains of Time


1957

Fire, Burn  (historical)

fireburn

Other reviews:

Beneath the Stains of Time

At the Scene of the Crime


1958

The Dead Man’s Knock (Fell)

deadmansknock

Other reviews:

In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel


1959

Scandal at High Chimneys (historical)

ScandalAtHighChimneys

Other reviews:

Vintage Pop Fictions


1960

In Spite of Thunder (Fell)

inspiteofthunder


1961

The Witch of the Low Tide (historical)

witchofthelowtide

Other reviews:

Vintage Pop Fictions


1962

The Demoniacs (historical)

demoniacs

Other reviews:

A Penguin a Week


1964

Most Secret (historical)

mostsecret


1965

The House at Satan’s Elbow (Fell)

houseatsatanselbow


1966

Panic in Box C (Fell)

pacnicinboxc

At the Scene of the Crime


1968

Dark of the Moon (Fell)

darkofthemoon

Papa La Bas (historical)

papalabas


1970

The Ghosts High Noon (historical)

GhostsHighNoon

Other reviews:

Beneath the Stains of Time

At the Scene of the Crime


1971

Deadly Hall (historical)

deadlyhall


1972

The Hungry Goblin (historical)

HungryGoblin

Golden Age of Detective Fiction

Detective Fiction of the 1920's & 1930's

Solving the Mystery of Murder

Investigating how classic crime writers plot their mysteries.

A Crime is Afoot

A Random Walk Through Classic Crime Fiction

Long Live The Queens!

About Ellery Queen and other GAD authors

James Scott Byrnside

Author of impossible-crime murder mysteries

Countdown John's Christie Journal

A review of Agatha Christie's crime novels and short stories from beginning to end

Dead Yesterday

Classic Mysteries and Domestic Suspense

Noirish

The annex to John Grant's *A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir*

Justice for the Corpse

Reviews of classic fair-play mystery fiction - spoiler-free unless otherwise noted

Composed Almost Entirely of Books

Books read, books written, books I just spotted and covet like an ox

Mysteries Ahoy!

Detecting Great Crime Fiction

Only Detect

Book Reviews, Mostly

%d bloggers like this: