A sinister case of deadly poisoned chocolates from Sodbury Cross's high street shop haunts the group of friends and relatives assembled at Bellegarde, among the orchards of 'peach-fancier' Marcus Chesney. To prove a point about how the sweets could have been poisoned under the nose of the shopkeeper, Chesney stages an elaborate memory game to test whether any of his guests can see beyond their 'black spectacles'; that is, to see the truth without assumptions as witnesses. During the test - which is also being filmed - Chesney is murdered by his accomplice, dressed head to toe in an 'invisible man' disguise. The keen wits of Dr Gideon Fell are called for to crack this brazen and bizarre murder. This classic novel is widely regarded as one of John Dickson Carr's masterpieces and remains among the greatest impossible crime mysteries of all time.

The black spectacles

Mort Dans L'Ascenceur

Bigre ! Voilà une histoire plutôt ébouriffante. En 1912, en plein naufrage du Titanic, l'héritier des Farnleigh aurait échangé ses aristocratiques papiers contre ceux d'un roturier de son âge. Depuis lors, chacun aurait vécu sous l'identité de l'autre, sans que personne n'en sache rien. Amusant, non ? Mais, c'était fatal, après des lustres de silence, le vrai, l'unique héritier des Farnleigh revient au bercail, avec l'intention de bouter hors de ses pantoufles le vil imposteur. De plus en plus fort... Pourtant, au lieu d'en rire, sir John se montre bizarrement affecté par cette affaire. Au point de ne se défendre qu'avec mollesse. Puis de mourir très opportunément.
Un chef d'œuvre dédié par le maître Dickson Carr à Dorothy L. Sayers en 1938.

Le Naufrage Du Titanic

La Flèche peinte

J.D. Carr Tome 3

J.D. Carr. Tome 2, Dr Fell, 1935-39

‘The Starberths die of broken necks’ goes the legend in the village of Chatterham . . .'The Starberth family governed the now-abandoned Chatterham prison for many years, and each male heir must spend the night of his twenty-fifth birthday there, alone, overlooking the hanging site of Hag’s Nook.Meanwhile, after a chance encounter on a railway platform, Dorothy Starberth and young American graduate Tad Rampole fall in love. Rampole is here in rural Lincolnshire to see Gideon Fell. The following day, Dorothy’s brother is found dead of a broken neck, just as his father and grandfather before him.Ingeniously plotted and packed with atmosphere, Hag’s Nook will not disappoint mystery lovers.

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