Synopsis: Eerie ghostly legends and tales of inmates' blood and tears loom large over the centuries-old Chatelham Prison, where witches were first hanged, and which was then brutally run as a purgatory. The Stubbs family, which has been warden for generations and owns much of the property, has had its share of bad luck since then, and rumor has it that the Stubbs heir is doomed to die with a broken neck. This rumor was fulfilled once again by the current generation of Stubbs masters. Terrified, the Stubbs family son reluctantly complies with the will and goes to Chatelham Prison to undergo the trial by vigil, and everyone decides to watch from the outside to avoid any accidents, but ...... has bad luck struck again? Relying on Dr. Phil's discernment, hidden behind all these rumors and legends of the evil conspiracy to be gradually unveiled.
The sword eight
Synopsis: In the historic Grusetshire manor mansion, ghosts and phantoms, the legendary ghosts of the mischief-makers once again appeared, disturbing people's minds. Coincidentally, the bishop is also a guest here, contrary to the usual image of stability, slipped down from the staircase railing to sit on the feet of the ladies, roughly pulling the maid's hair ......
The stormy darkness of the night, rented in the manor house guest house of the old scholar shot dead, smiling face leaning sideways over the desk, fingertips grasping a tarot card with a watercolor drawing of eight swords on its face. Was this a trickster's joke gone too far? Was it a deliberate attempt by the murderer? Or is it a message the old scholar is trying to reveal before he dies? A battle of wits is about to take place!
The Crooked Hub
Synopsis: Twenty-five years after he left the country, John Fong Lei, who is the son of his brother Dudley, is forced to leave the country by his father. After the death of his brother Dudley, John Fonley became the sole heir to the title and fortune of the Fonley family. The youthful fifteen-year-old has now returned home to become a strict forty-year-old gentleman, and married to his childhood sweetheart.
John has owned Fong Lei for several years, and although he is a man of few words, and although the villagers are unfamiliar with him, no one has ever questioned his identity. However, a man from the United States, Mr. Patrick Gower, accompanied by a lawyer, came to the house. However, a Mr. Patrick Gower from the United States, accompanied by his lawyer, visits the house and claims that he is the real John Fongley. Mr. Gower, accompanied by his lawyer, declared that he was the real John Fong Lei. He tells the story of his journey to the United States on the Titanic twenty-five years ago, of his rescue after the sinking of the ship, and, most surprisingly of all, of his knowledge of John Jr. before he was fifteen years old, a secret that only the man in question knows.......
John Fong Lei? John Fong Lei? Patrick Gower? Patrick Gower? Who is the real thing? Who is an impostor? Just moments before the fingerprints were tested, John Fonley was drowning in the garden pond. John Fonley drowned in the garden pond. Did he kill himself in shame?
Successive Suicides
Synopsis: Curse of the Chamber of Secrets? Collective obsession? The ghost of an old castle stirs up suicidal ideation, and a plot to crash the building is underway! Aaron Campbell, a history professor, receives a letter from a man who has been in the castle since the beginning of time. Aaron Campbell, a professor of history, receives news from Scotland one day that his relative, Angus Campbell, has fallen from the top of the tower of Silas Castle. Aaron Campbell, a history professor, receives word from Scotland one day that he has been invited to a family meeting after his relative, Angus Campbell, falls to his death from the top of the tower of Silas Castle. Angus had signed a three thousand pound insurance policy only three days before he fell, with a suicide clause: "If the insured dies by suicide, the beneficiary will receive no benefit". Was Angus' death a suicide or a homicide? The bedroom used by the deceased the night before was investigated and showed that the locks had not been tampered with and that the only entrance and exit was the high window, sixty feet above the floor, which could not be climbed in or out. It's an enclosed space, almost a secret room. Could Angus' death be the result of a resurgence of the ghosts rumored to be haunting the castle? Dr. Gideon Fell is inspired by his friend Colin Fell. Dr. Gideon Fell was inspired by his friend Colin Campbell. Dr. Gideon Fell is invited by his best friend Colin Campbell, Angus' eldest brother, to visit Silas Castle and help investigate the fall. Colin insists on returning to the tower to spend the night and prove that the ghostly disturbances are nothing more than folklore. As Dr. Phil deduces the cause of Angus' death, another body is lying on the ground beneath the tower ......
The Whispering Man
Synopsis: Beware of deadly whispers in the dead of night! Open chambers, secret killings, and the king of chambers, John Dixon. The Whispering Man The Hoffer family is an English family living on the outskirts of a small town in France. The couple dotes on their only son, Harry, until Brooke Hoffer's new secretary, Faye, is forced to take a break from the family's life. When Brooke Holloway's new secretary, Faye Sutton, shows up, the family is in for a rude awakening. When Brooke Holloway's new secretary, Fay Serton, shows up, the family's peaceful existence begins to change. Harry falls madly in love with Fay, and just as they are about to get married, rumors spread that Fay is having an affair, and Brooke decides to buy Fay off for 2,000 pounds in the hope that she will leave her son. On the day of the negotiations, Brooke is instead found dead in the tower where they agreed to meet, with a fatal stab wound left in her back. Bizarrely, based on the state of the crime scene, Brooke was stabbed to death in circumstances where it was unlikely that anyone could have approached him; could the killer have been Fay, who had traveled to the negotiations? Five or six years later, Miles M. Miles Hammond and Barbara Moore are at the Murder Club. Five or six years later, Miles Hammond and Barbara Moore are at a Murder Club meeting, listening to Professor Rigaud's account of the unsolved murder. That night, Faye Serton, a redhead, reappears. Dr. Gideon Fell Dr. Phil and Professor Riegold rushed to join forces to find her, want to stop a new tragedy, but waiting for them is a deafening gunshot ......
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The Green Capsule Mystery
Synopsis: The chocolates in Mrs. Terry's store have been poisoned and a child is killed. poisoned and a child is tragically killed. The angry villagers accuse Miss Marjorie Wells of Bellega House of being the murderer. The police have no proof, and although they have their suspicions, they can only keep their hands off the case. After four months, Marcus Chesney, a wealthy merchant who is distressed by the loss of his niece's innocence, decides to take matters into his own hands. Chesney decided to take matters into his own hands. He plans a short play with only two actors - himself, and a mysterious guest wrapped in a tight package - in an attempt to show how the culprit of the poisoning in Mrs. Terry's store in order to conceal the switching of chocolate boxes. When the play ends, the mystery man suffers a blow to the back of the head and dies; a few minutes later, the rich businessman who swallowed a green capsule during the play also dies of poisoning. A second victim emerges in the form of Miss Marjorie Wells, who was in the audience at the time of the murder. Once again, Ms. Wells is not immune to the crowd's skepticism. Is this a serial killer? Is this a family feud over a large inheritance? Is the clever and beautiful girl really a snake? Who will be able to solve the mystery that has been swirling around for the past four months?
The Reversal of Death
Synopsis: "He has a way of seeing through criminals, making them suffer the fear and torment they deserve for their crimes, and then delivering justice with an iron hand." The people of England and law enforcement officials couldn't have made a more apt comment about Judge Ayrton. When Judge Aitken finished his long trial, he went to his beach house to enjoy an afternoon with his friend, Dr. Gideon Phil. Dr. Gideon Phil***, his only daughter Constance arrives with her fiancé to announce her engagement. But in the eyes of the judge, her daughter's fiancé, Anthony Morrell, is a man with other interests. But in the eyes of the judge, his daughter's fiancé, Anthony Morrell, is an evil man with other agendas, and his ultimate goal must be money, so the two of them meet the next evening to put an end to the affair. That night, a telephone exchange operator receives a call and hears a man whispering urgently, "Dune House, Aidan's Cottage, help!" Then came the deafening sound of gunfire. When the police arrived at the scene, they saw the stiff body of a man lying in the room, and in the rocking chair was Judge Aitken, armed with a revolver, and the suspect was unmistakable. Dr. Gideon Fell has a way of doing his friend a favor this time. Will Dr. Phil be able to get to the bottom of his friend's situation and reverse this untenable situation?
The Mystery of the Green Capsule
Synopsis: Mrs. Terry's store is poisoned with chocolate, killing a child. Angry villagers are accusing Miss Marjorie Wells of Bellega House of the murder. The police have no proof, and although they have their suspicions, they can only keep their hands off the case. After four months, Marcus Chesney, a wealthy merchant who is distressed by the loss of his niece's innocence, decides to take matters into his own hands. Chesney decided to take matters into his own hands. He plans a short play with only two actors - himself, and a mysterious guest wrapped in a tight package - in an attempt to show how the culprit of the poisoning in Mrs. Terry's store in order to conceal the switching of chocolate boxes. When the play ends, the mystery man suffers a blow to the back of the head and dies; a few minutes later, the rich businessman who swallowed a green capsule during the play also dies of poisoning. A second victim emerges in the form of Miss Marjorie Wells, who was in the audience at the time of the murder. Once again, Ms. Wells is not immune to the crowd's skepticism. Is this a serial killer? Is this a family feud over a large inheritance? Is the clever and beautiful girl really a snake? Who will be able to solve the mystery that has been swirling around for the past four months?
The Reversal of Death
Synopsis: "He has a way of seeing through criminals, making them suffer the fear and torment they deserve for their crimes, and then delivering justice with an iron hand." The people of England and law enforcement officials couldn't have made a more apt comment about Judge Ayrton. When Judge Aitken finished his long trial, he went to his beach house to enjoy an afternoon with his friend, Dr. Gideon Phil. Dr. Gideon Phil***, his only daughter Constance arrives with her fiancé to announce her engagement. But in the eyes of the judge, her daughter's fiancé, Anthony Morrell, is a man with other interests. But in the eyes of the judge, his daughter's fiancé, Anthony Morrell, is an evil man with other agendas, and his ultimate goal must be money, so the two of them meet the next evening to put an end to the affair. That night, a telephone exchange operator receives a call and hears a man whispering urgently, "Dune House, Aiden's Cottage, help!" Then came the deafening sound of gunfire. When the police arrived at the scene, they saw the stiff body of a man lying in the room, and in the rocking chair was Judge Aitken, armed with a revolver, and the suspect was unmistakable. Dr. Gideon Fell has a way of doing his friend a favor this time. Will Dr. Phil be able to get to the bottom of his friend's situation and reverse the odds?
The Sleeping Sphinx
Synopsis: After the war, Donna Horton returns to the familiar city of London. After the end of the war, Donal Horton returns to the familiar city of London, where rumor has it that his former lover, Celia Dewar, has lost her mind. The rumor is that her former lover, Shelia Dewarage, has lost her mind because Shelia doesn't believe that her sister, Margot, died of a simple cerebral hemorrhage - she believes that a cold-blooded murderer took Margot's life, and that person is her own brother-in-law, Thorley Marsh. She believes that a cold-blooded murderer took Margaux's life - her own brother-in-law, Sorey Marsh. But the doctor in charge of the autopsy doesn't agree with Shelia, and even suggests that she should seek help from a psychiatrist. At this point, Dr. Phil is asked by his friend Inspector General Hedley to come around and find out what's going on.......
Dr. Phil listens to both sides of the story and declares, "Both sides are lying, but both sides are honest, and neither side is responsible for Margaux's murder. Dr. Phil didn't bother to explain and rushed to the cemetery to do an important test. The chamber was made of stone, and the lock on the entrance door had been sealed with a sphinx - an unbroken seal showing that the chamber was indeed guarded by a sphinx, and that no one could enter or leave. But once inside the chamber, what comes into view is an unbelievable sight: four coffins weighing 800 pounds each, a chaotic mess as if they had been lifted and pushed down by a giant force, and a layer of fine sand on the floor that is even and leaves no footprints, a record of the fact that it is impossible for anyone to have stepped into the chamber. ...... Is this the work of Margot's spirits, or is it the work of someone with ulterior motives? Who is the real murderer?
The Arabian Nights Murders
Synopsis: In the quiet, deserted streets of London at midnight, outside the museum displaying mysterious oriental artifacts, two uninvited guests appeared one after another. A white-bearded old man perched on a fence attacked a policeman on patrol, fainted on the ground after being hit back by the police, but he disappeared the moment the policeman left to call for help; five minutes later another young gentleman vigorously tapped on the museum's bronze door, and when another policeman on patrol stepped forward to dissuade him from doing so, he raised his walking stick towards the policeman to slash at him ...
Synopsis: The Arabian Nights murders occurred in the middle of the night in a quiet and deserted street in London. ...
Inspector Carruthers of Scotland Yard receives a report and decides to come and find out what is going on. The inspector quietly arrives at the museum and enters the hall without moving, only to be greeted by the ghostly sight of the janitor dancing around one of the coffins, and then the horrifying discovery of an oriental man's body huddled in an ancient carriage. Is this a mysterious oriental belief? Or is it a brutal ritual of sacrifice?
Inspector Carruthers dragged his tired body to start most of the night investigation activities. Who killed the Oriental? The irascible curator Wade Sr, the calm and conscientious assistant Homs, the charming Miss Wade, the old-looking Wade Jr, or the treacherous janitor Pughn ...... And can Inspector Carruthers solve this strange case on his own?
Author's Bio
John Dixon, Jr. John Dickson Carr Carr John Dickson Carr (1906-1977)
Carr was a native of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA, where his father was a lawyer. From his high school days, Carr wrote sports stories for the local newspaper, and experimented with detective and historical adventure novels; in the late 1920s, Carr traveled to Paris, France, to study, and his first novel, It Walks By Night, was published in 1929. He once said, "They sent me to school hoping to educate me to be a lawyer like my father, but all I wanted to do was write detective stories. And I don't mean boring stuff like a masterpiece of the ages, I mean I just want to write detective novels."
In 1931 he married an Englishwoman and settled in England. During his time in England, Carr was active in broadcasting in addition to writing speculative fiction. His radio drama "Appointment with Fear" for the BBC was a very popular program during World War II. In 1965 Carr left the UK and moved to Grenville, South Carolina, where he lived until his death in 1977.
Carr received the Lifetime Masters Award, the highest honor in American speculative fiction, and became a member of Britain's prestigious, but extremely closed, Speculative Club (only two American writers have been admitted, Patricia Highsmith, and the other one, Patricia Highsmith, has been a member of the club). Patricia Highsmith). Carr specializes in intricate conspiracies, vividly creating a supernatural and eerie atmosphere that makes you feel like you're in the middle of it all. Characters in his books often disappeared in mysterious circumstances or died in secret rooms, and he was always able to unravel the ruses and come up with plausible solutions. He wrote about 80 novels in his lifetime, creating all kinds of "impossible crimes" and earning him the reputation of "King of the Secret Rooms". Edmund Crispin, the famous speculative fiction writer and critic, has written a series of books on the subject of "The King of Escape Rooms". Edmund Crispin, the famous speculative fiction writer and critic, admired him: "In terms of subtlety and atmosphere, he ranks among the three or four greatest writers of speculative fiction in the English-speaking world, after Edgar Allan Poe".
The Witch's Corner
Synopsis: Eerie ghostly legends and tales of inmates' blood and tears cast a huge shadow over the centuries-old Chatelham Prison, which was first used as a gallows for the execution of witches, and then brutalized after the prison was built to make it seem like a purgatory. The Stubbs family, which has been warden for generations and owns much of the property, has had its share of bad luck since then, and rumor has it that the Stubbs heir is destined to die with a broken neck. This rumor was fulfilled once again by the current generation of Stubbs masters. Terrified, the Stubbs family son reluctantly complies with the will and goes to Chatelham Prison to stand vigil to receive the trial, and the crowd decides to watch from the outside to avoid accidents, but ...... has bad luck struck again? Relying on Dr. Phil's discernment, hidden behind all these rumors and legends of the evil conspiracy to be gradually unveiled.
The sword eight
Synopsis: In the historic Grusetshire manor mansion, ghosts and phantoms, the legendary ghosts of the mischief-makers once again appeared, disturbing people's minds. Coincidentally, the bishop is also a guest here, contrary to the usual image of stability, slipped down from the staircase railing to sit on the feet of the ladies, roughly pulling the maid's hair ......
The stormy darkness of the night, rented in the manor house guest house of the old scholar shot dead, smiling face leaning sideways over the desk, fingertips grasping a tarot card with a watercolor drawing of eight swords on its face. Was this a trickster's joke gone too far? Was it a deliberate attempt by the murderer? Or is it a message the old scholar is trying to reveal before he dies? A battle of wits is about to take place!
The Crooked Hub
Synopsis: Twenty-five years after he left the country, John Fong Lei, who was born to a brother, Dudley, was forced to leave the country by his brother. After the death of his brother Dudley, John Fonley became the sole heir to the title and fortune of the Fonley family. The youthful fifteen-year-old has now returned home to become a strict forty-year-old gentleman, and married to his childhood sweetheart.
John has owned Fong Lei for several years, and although he is a man of few words, and although the villagers are unfamiliar with him, no one has ever questioned his identity. However, a man from the United States, Mr. Patrick Gower, accompanied by his lawyer, came to the house. However, a Mr. Patrick Gower from the United States, accompanied by his lawyer, visits the house and claims that he is the real John Fongley. Mr. Gower, accompanied by his lawyer, claimed that he was the real John Fong Lei. He tells the story of his journey to the United States on the Titanic twenty-five years ago, of his rescue after the sinking of the ship, and, most surprisingly of all, of his knowledge of John Jr. before he was fifteen years old, a secret that only the man in question knows.......
John Fong Lei? John Fong Lei? Patrick Gower? Patrick Gower? Who is the real thing? Who is an impostor? Just moments before the fingerprints were tested, John Fonley was drowning in the garden pond. John Fonley drowned in the garden pond. Did he kill himself in shame?
Successive Suicides
Synopsis: Curse of the Chamber of Secrets? Collective obsession? The ghost of an old castle stirs up suicidal ideation, and a plot to crash the building is underway! Aaron Campbell, a history professor, receives a letter from a man who has been in the castle since the beginning of time. Aaron Campbell, a professor of history, receives news from Scotland one day that his relative, Angus Campbell, has fallen from the top of the tower of Silas Castle. Aaron Campbell, a history professor, receives word from Scotland one day that he has been invited to a family meeting after his relative, Angus Campbell, falls to his death from the top of the tower of Silas Castle. Angus had signed a three thousand pound insurance policy only three days before he fell, with a suicide clause: "If the insured dies by suicide, the beneficiary will receive no benefit". Was Angus' death a suicide or a homicide? The bedroom used by the deceased the night before was investigated and showed that the locks had not been tampered with and that the only entrance and exit was the high window, sixty feet above the floor, which could not be climbed in or out. It's an enclosed space, almost a secret room. Could Angus' death be the result of a resurgence of the ghosts rumored to be haunting the castle? Dr. Gideon Fell is inspired by his friend Colin Fell. Dr. Gideon Fell was inspired by his friend Colin Campbell. Dr. Gideon Fell is invited by his best friend Colin Campbell, Angus' eldest brother, to visit Silas Castle and assist in the investigation of the fall. Colin insists on returning to the tower to spend the night and prove that the ghostly disturbances are nothing more than folklore. As Dr. Phil deduces the cause of Angus's death, another body is lying on the ground beneath the tower.