Description
• This eBook introduction offers a review of John Dickson Carr writing career, the impossible (locked-room) mystery subgenre, and The Judas Window.
“The Judas Window” (also published as The Crossbow Murder) is a famous locked-room mystery novel by John Dickson Carr writing as Carter Dickson. It was published in 1938 and features detective Sir Henry Merrivale.
A panel of colleagues and critics voted the novel as the fifth best locked-room mystery of all time.
The novel starts with the description of the crime, but then continues in the courtroom where Sir Henry Merrivale (HM) serves as defense counsel for the accused. Compared with other Carr’s novels, the setting may be somewhat atypical, but HM is his typical self as he attacks the case.
“The Judas Window” (also published as The Crossbow Murder) is a famous locked-room mystery novel by John Dickson Carr writing as Carter Dickson. It was published in 1938 and features detective Sir Henry Merrivale.
A panel of colleagues and critics voted the novel as the fifth best locked-room mystery of all time.
The novel starts with the description of the crime, but then continues in the courtroom where Sir Henry Merrivale (HM) serves as defense counsel for the accused. Compared with other Carr’s novels, the setting may be somewhat atypical, but HM is his typical self as he attacks the case.