Having provided (sounds better than inflicted) two challenges to my readers on this blog concerning Agatha Christie and deciphering her titles from her front covers or riddles, I thought this week I should turn my attention to another pillar of the Golden Age detective writing community, John Dickson Carr. And with a new author, this also means a new type of challenge. Below is a picture, filled with words. Within this pile of words are 14 Carr titles, along with some rogue words to muddy the field. All you have to do is spot the 14 titles and post them in the comments section below. Answers will go up next Thursday. Also let me know what you think of the new challenge format, as this is my first go at doing one like this.
Good Luck!
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I can only find thirteen, and then I’m left with his unpublished final manuscript Murder for the Waxworks Hag’s Arabian Velvet Tables. I could be wrong, but I think you’re missing a Nook, Knock or Nights…
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haha that well known unpublished manuscript! Well I’ve checked my list of answers and I’m not missing a nook or a knock or a nights as none of the titles include that and prior to publishing I did go through the list and check I could find each title. I’ll go and have another look though.
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No, I have got all the 14. There is nothing missing.
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Just checked myself and came to the same conclusion. Glad someone comes to the same conclusion. I think to make it hard enough for you and JJ I would need to put the titles into French or something.
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You say that, but I still failed to complete this one.
Shame, shame on me.
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Dammit! 🙂
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You got confused, dear JJ! Murder for the Waxworks Hag’s Arabian Velvet Tables was written by Paul Halter.
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1. The Hollow Man
2. The Burning Court
3. Fire, Burn!
4. The Emperor’s Snuff Box
5. The Crooked Hinge
6. Castle Skull
7. He Who Whispers
8. The Blind Barber
9. Black Spectacles
10. The Waxworks Murder
11. Poison in Jest
12. Till Death
13. Scandal at Chimneys
14. The Lost Gallows
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Thanks for taking part and so speedily too!
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I’m on the ball this morning. [Don’t expect this all the time….. 🙂 ]
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Booyah!
1. The Burning Court
2. Scandal At High Chimneys
3. Castle Skull
4. The Blind Barber
5. The Crooked Hinge
6. The Hollow Man
7. Till Death Do Us Part
8. The Black Spectacles
9. Poison In Jest
10. He Who Whispers
11. The Emperor’s Snuff Box
12. The Lost Gallows
13. The Waxworks Murder
14. Fire, Burn!
This was a teeny bit challenging because I’m an American and knew the Bencolin title under a different name (The Corpse in the Waxworks!) But it was a great way to wake me up for another busy end of week at work! Thanks, Kate!
Oh, and it’s Scandal at HIGH Chimneys! So, I win Bev’s prize!!!!!
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Sorry I hadn’t really considered the fact the titles would be different in the USA but it doesn’t seems to have stopped you for long though.
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This explains the missing title in my list…I too know it as The Corpse in the Waxworks (that’s what my copy is called). Thanks, Brad, I honestly thought I was going potty for a while there.
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It was too easy for me ! I will just give the initials.
1. FB !
2. THM
3. TBC
4. TLG
5. TCH
6. TBS
7. HWW
8. CS
9. TWM
10. PIJ
11. TBB
12. SAHC
13. TESB
14. TDDUP
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This is always the difficulty in setting challenges which are middle of the road as you don’t want to make them too easy or too hard. At this rate I might have to start doing differentiated challenges and make an impossibly hard one just for you, like Carr in Arabic or something!
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