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'''''He Who Whispers''''' is a novel (1946) by detective novelist [[John Dickson Carr]]. Like most of the works by this author, it features so-called impossible crimes that are thought to be the work of a supernatural being, in this case a vampire. The detective is [[Dr. Gideon Fell]], who uncovers a rational explanation for the novel's events. It is one of the last great examples of the [[whodunnit|Golden Age mystery]]. |
'''''He Who Whispers''''' is a novel (1946) by detective novelist [[John Dickson Carr]]. Like most of the works by this author, it features so-called impossible crimes that are thought to be the work of a supernatural being, in this case a vampire. The detective is [[Dr. Gideon Fell]], who uncovers a rational explanation for the novel's events. It is one of the last great examples of the [[whodunnit|Golden Age mystery]]. |
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A few months after WWII, Miles Hammond is invited to the first meating of the Murder Club, in five years. As he arives, no one else is there, except Barbara Morell, and Professor Rigaud. With no one else, Rigaud tells the story of Fay Seton. |
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Seton was a young girl, working the Brookes familly. She fell in love with Harry Brookes, and the two became engaged. But Harry's father, Howard, did not aprove. One day, he agreed to meet Fay in a tower, all that remained of a burned out [[chateau]]. A secure location, on a water front, it was the perfect place for such a meeting. Harry and Professor Rigaud left Howard alone at ten minutes untill four. When they returned, fifteen minutes later, Howard had been stabbed, the sowrd-cane that did it, laying in two piece's beside him. At first it seemed open and closed, but a familly that was picknicking a few feet from the entrance of the tower, swear that no one entered the tower in those fifteen minutes, that no boat came near the tower, and no one could have climbed up, because the nearest window was fifteen feet off the ground. the only one with any motive, was Fay Seton, who was belived to be able to bring a [[vampire]] to life, and terroize people. |
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Miles quickly becomes involved in the affair, because, the new book keeper he just hired, is Fay Seton. |
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| Author | John Dickson Carr |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Mystery, Detective novel |
| Publisher | Hamish Hamilton (UK) & Harper (USA) |
Publication date | 1946 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| ISBN | NA Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
He Who Whispers is a novel (1946) by detective novelist John Dickson Carr. Like most of the works by this author, it features so-called impossible crimes that are thought to be the work of a supernatural being, in this case a vampire. The detective is Dr. Gideon Fell, who uncovers a rational explanation for the novel's events. It is one of the last great examples of the Golden Age mystery.
Plot Summary
Template:Spoiler A few months after WWII, Miles Hammond is invited to the first meating of the Murder Club, in five years. As he arives, no one else is there, except Barbara Morell, and Professor Rigaud. With no one else, Rigaud tells the story of Fay Seton.
Seton was a young girl, working the Brookes familly. She fell in love with Harry Brookes, and the two became engaged. But Harry's father, Howard, did not aprove. One day, he agreed to meet Fay in a tower, all that remained of a burned out chateau. A secure location, on a water front, it was the perfect place for such a meeting. Harry and Professor Rigaud left Howard alone at ten minutes untill four. When they returned, fifteen minutes later, Howard had been stabbed, the sowrd-cane that did it, laying in two piece's beside him. At first it seemed open and closed, but a familly that was picknicking a few feet from the entrance of the tower, swear that no one entered the tower in those fifteen minutes, that no boat came near the tower, and no one could have climbed up, because the nearest window was fifteen feet off the ground. the only one with any motive, was Fay Seton, who was belived to be able to bring a vampire to life, and terroize people.
Miles quickly becomes involved in the affair, because, the new book keeper he just hired, is Fay Seton.