Dark of the Moon

by John Dickson Carr

Doctor Gideon Fell (24)

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When Dr. Gideon Fell finds himself at a party where guests are in a state of deep agitation, all the faculties of his detective genius are called into play. Why is the host of the party, southern aristocrat Henry Maynard, so cryptic about the strange goings-on in the mansion? And how is the theft of the scarecrow linked to a diabolical and ingenious murder?

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confuso e lacunoso

irritante il fatto che gli investigatori tengano palesemente per sé alcuni elementi nei capitoli finali e, quando vengono alfine spiattellati nella soluzione finale ciò non avviene con l'eleganza che avrebbe il Poirot della Christie ma in maniera abborracciata e frettolosa.
chi legge gialli da più di 30 anni e si è formato sui grandi classici è allenato a tenere a mente ogni singola informazione che sembra buttata là casualmente nel testo, ma questo sforzo alla fine va a discapito dello scioglimento finale che risulta estraneo e quasi incomprensibile.
in questo romanzo, come già in altri, Carr si cimenta in una sorta di "camera chiusa all'aperto" ossia con un corpo in una landa desolata senza impronte o tracce show more attorno e la costruzione risulta abbastanza interessante. show less

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John Dickson Carr, the master of locked room mysteries, was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, in 1906. He was educated at Haverford College and the Sorbonne in Paris. Carr is a prolific writer with more than 80 novels and collections of short stories to his credit. He began his writing career at the age of 26 with his first published novel, It show more Walks At Night. Some of his most popular works are The Three Coffins (1935), The Burning Coat (1937), and The Bride of Newgate (1951). Carr also collaborated with Adrian Doyle, the son of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes (1954). Carr met his wife in 1932 and settled in England in 1933. He was drafted by the United States military in World War II, and was ordered to remain in England and work with the BBC. He lived in many cities throughout the world until 1967, when he permanently moved to Greenville, South Carolina. John Dickson Carr also wrote mystery novels under the name Carter Dickson. He died in Greenville in 1977. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Original title
Dark of the Moon
Original publication date
1967
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Dr. Gideon Fell
First words
Dark clouds scudded across a moon which had not quite reached its full.

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Fiction and Literature, Mystery
DDC/MDS
813Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English
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PZ3 .C2317Language and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction in English
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