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Fire, Burn!

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First edition (publ. Harper & Brothers)

Fire, Burn! is a historical mystery novel by John Dickson Carr. It is about a police officer who is transported back in time to 1829[1] when the British police was first formed. Carr considered this one of his best impossible crime novels.

Awards

1969 – Grand Prix de Littérature Policière – best foreign novel, tied with The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey

Adaptations

1971 – Morte a passo di valzer[2] – Italian TV mini-series

References

  1. ^ http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/930171.Fire_burn_
  2. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0874629/
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