Contributions

  • Pugmire, John, translator - Contributor

Publication

2015 - Locked Room International, New York, New York?], New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

37,750 words, Guess

Page Count

151 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC[E]
  • LCCPQ2643.I58 M3513 2015

Alternate Titles

  • Maison qui tue

Description

"In its starred review Publisher's Weekly says: "Vindry displays gifts for puzzle making and a creepy atmosphere that will resonate with fans of John Dickson Carr." Noel Vindry wrote twelve locked room novels between 1932 and 1937, of a quality and quantity to rival his contemporary, Carr/Dickson, yet he has so far remained unknown to English-speaking readers. The legendary Boileau-Narcejac team, responsible for Vertigo and Diabolique, spoke of his "unequalled virtuosity" and "stupefying puzzles." Thomas Narcejac said that not even Ellery Queen or Carr were Vindry's equal. He was the poet of the puzzle novel The House That Kills ("LaMaison Qui Tue") was Vindry's first book, featuring examining magistrate Monsieur Allou and three baffling locked room mysteries. Locked Room International translates and publishes the works of French impossible crime author Paul Halter and other international authors past and present."--

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