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The master of the Golden Age British-style detective novel presents his redoubtable sleuth Dr. Gideon Fell in a baffling murder mystery set in the Swiss Alps Young Audrey Page has been warned against joining the aging film star Eve Eden and her temperamental friends at a Swiss chalet. Trustingly, she goes anyway and finds herself encircled by terror when a murderer strikes. With its eerie similarities to a crime that dates back to World War II, the murder attracts the attention of Dr. Gideon show more Fell, a brilliant sleuth with an eye for solving impossible murder cases. He will find that in this corner of the Alps, the air is thin, the scenery is beautiful, and the snow runs red with blood. In Spite of Thunder is the 20th book in the Dr. Gideon Fell Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. show lessTags
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Brian Innes is asked by a doting to see his daughter Audrey Page when she comes to Geneva and convince her not to stay at film star Eve Ferrier's villa. Eve has a mysterious past her first husband Hector Matthew's died in a strange accident while the couple was visiting Adolf Hitler at Berchtesgaden in 1939, with no apparent reason he apparently flung himself off a high balcony. Audrey ignores Brian's advice and instead becomes involved with the strange group at the Vila Rosalind. Innes meets with Eve at a creepy nightclub called "The Cave of the Witches" and finds she is carrying a perfume bottle filled with oil of vitriol, apparently to her own surprise. At the villa the next day Eve falls to her death from a high balcony -- and no show more one was near her at the time. The investigative genius of Gideon Fell joins the mystery to uncover an ingenious murder method and reveal the criminal. 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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- Canonical title
- In Spite of Thunder
- Original title
- In Spite of Thunder
- Original publication date
- 1960
- People/Characters
- Dr. Gideon Fell; Brian Innes; Sir Gerald Hathaway; Eve Ferrier (née Eden)
- Important places
- Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany
- Epigraph
- Act One: "That man can't be trusted. I tell you, I've played too many criminals! I know that man can't be trusted." -- Sir Henry Irving
Act Two: "Any young fool of a player can humbug the town by appearing in tragedy, but comedy's a serious matter. You're not ready for comedy yet." -- David Garrick
Act Three: " ... Thou shalt not live! / That I may tell pale-hearted fear it lies / And sleep in spite of thunder." -- Macbeth - First words
- Understand, Brian, I have no proof against this woman.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)It is not easy to cope with people.
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