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Il mostro del plenilunio - I Classici del Giallo n. 196

di John Dickson Carr

Serie: Henri Bencolin (1)

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Classic Literature. Fiction. Mystery. Historical Fiction. HTML: Discover the captivating treasures buried in the British Library's archives. Largely inaccessible to the public until now, these enduring crime classics were written in the golden age of detective fiction. With an introduction by Martin Edwards and featuring the Dickson Carr short story "The Shadow of the Goat" We are thrilled to welcome John Dickson Carr into the Crime Classics series with his first novel, a brooding locked room mystery in the gathering dusk of the French capital. In the smoke-wreathed gloom of a Parisian salon, Inspector Bencolin has summoned his allies to discuss a peculiar case. A would-be murderer, imprisoned for his attempt to kill his wife, has escaped and is known to have visited a plastic surgeon. His whereabouts remain a mystery, though with his former wife poised to marry another, Bencolin predicts his return. Sure enough, the Inspector's worst suspicions are realized when the beheaded body of the new suitor is discovered in a locked room of the salon, with no apparent exit. Bencolin sets off into the Parisian night to unravel the dumbfounding mystery and track down the sadistic killer. Penned during the golden age of mysteries, this thrilling investigation brings a detective face to face with the darkest parts of Paris. And after the thrilling conclusion of the locked room mystery, sit back and enjoy the short story "The Shadow of the Goat", also included in this exclusive British Library crime classic. .… (altro)

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second read and much as I try can't like it (

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Overgaard | Mar 18, 2024 |

Delightfully lurid. Recommended for all libraries. (

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librarianarpita | Jul 6, 2023 |

Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss. (

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fernandie | Sep 15, 2022 |

this was very up and down for me. there were parts where the tension was great and other parts that i had to force myself to pay attention. i was really, really interested in seeing how the locked room mystery would be solved, and i also liked that there was more to the mystery and the story than just that. i feel like there was no cheating (a false wall or a trap door or something) and actually it was really clever the way it was solved. the rest of the book, though, i'm not so sure about. including the murder itself. i don't see how these brutal murders can be carried out with virtually no sound. the first one, the locked room one, there was an orchestra playing, yes, but there was also a policeman not that far away. she cut off his head and not only did she do it quietly if not silently, but she didn't get blood on her at all? she was back in the room of the party, with the detectives, minutes later. there was mention of a bloody article of clothing in her room, but there would have been more than that. and when she stabbed the second victim, multiple times, he would have made some noise, no? i also thought the handwriting analysis that tells us what drug the writer was on was a step too far. as was the pencil marks analysis to determine the exact pencil with which a letter was written. come on. still, it's fun. but come on. the drug stuff was kind of funny, i thought. such a big deal - and maybe some mind-altering was misattributed - was made of marijuana. on the other hand, i do like that he made the murderer a woman, which had to be pretty unusual in 1930, when this was written. and a society lady at that. and i think the locked room part was pretty cleverly handled, since there really can't be a good explanation for how that could happen.

so for me, the mystery parts of this were really solid and fun, but it seemed like maybe he was trying to make it longer or something, and there was a lot of unnecessary words and padding that made it much harder to read than it would have otherwise. this is his first novel and he was writing short stories before this, so i wonder if he had to work hard to make it longer and not be a short story. because the bones are excellent. (

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overlycriticalelisa | Oct 16, 2021 |

As I have said elsewhere, the Bencolin series are among my favorites of Car's novels, especially those he wrote under his own name. Pf the Bencolin stories, this is probably my favorite; it has a remarkable criminal/victim. (

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Adey's Locked Room Murders (0320)

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It Walks By Night

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"… and not least foul among these night-monsters (which may be found even in our pleasant land of France) is a certain shape of evil hue which by day may not be recognized, inasmuch as it may be a man of favored looks, or a fair and smiling woman; but by night becomes a misshapen beast with blood-dbe dabbled claws."

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Classic Literature. Fiction. Mystery. Historical Fiction. HTML:

Discover the captivating treasures buried in the British Library's archives. Largely inaccessible to the public until now, these enduring crime classics were written in the golden age of detective fiction.

With an introduction by Martin Edwards and featuring the Dickson Carr short story "The Shadow of the Goat"

We are thrilled to welcome John Dickson Carr into the Crime Classics series with his first novel, a brooding locked room mystery in the gathering dusk of the French capital.

In the smoke-wreathed gloom of a Parisian salon, Inspector Bencolin has summoned his allies to discuss a peculiar case. A would-be murderer, imprisoned for his attempt to kill his wife, has escaped and is known to have visited a plastic surgeon. His whereabouts remain a mystery, though with his former wife poised to marry another, Bencolin predicts his return.

Sure enough, the Inspector's worst suspicions are realized when the beheaded body of the new suitor is discovered in a locked room of the salon, with no apparent exit. Bencolin sets off into the Parisian night to unravel the dumbfounding mystery and track down the sadistic killer.

Penned during the golden age of mysteries, this thrilling investigation brings a detective face to face with the darkest parts of Paris. And after the thrilling conclusion of the locked room mystery, sit back and enjoy the short story "The Shadow of the Goat", also included in this exclusive British Library crime classic.

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