306 pages
English language
Published June 19, 1979 by Gregg Press.
Professor Charles Grimaud - wealthy, respectable, distinguished - is found dying in his study of a gunshot wound to the chest. His brother Pierre - an ex-con and struggling music-hall magician - had publicly threatened Grimaud's life.
When the police go to pick up Pierre he is lying dead in the street, killed by an unseen assassin. There are a dozen witnesses to both murders, but it takes Dr Fell and the church bells of London to solve the puzzle.
Esse livro valeu pela exposição da teoria do locked-room na literatura policial e pela quebra da quarta parede pelo detetive.
This was my second Carr novel. I guess I am not wowed with his tales. The mysteries are good enough, but I find his characters very difficult to relate to. It's probably just me. Nonetheless, I'll move on to other authors.
