New Releases by John Dickson Carr

The scene in Papa La-Bas is New Orleans in 1858. There, strong men, lovely women, dark magic and violence swirl around Senator Judah P. Benjamin, who can solve any problem by logical analysis, and Richard Macrae, Her Majesty''s Consul, when they witness a devilish murder.

Rose Lestrange is discovered stabbed to death inside a locked room and Dr. Gideon Fell is determined to prove that it was murder, not suicide

When Pennington Barclay is found murdered in a locked room, his sister claims that he was killed by a ghost and Dr. Fell is called to investigate

When the fake defense Patrick Butler used to clear Joyce Ellis is used to prove Lucia Renshaw is guilty of murder, he turns to Dr. Gideon Fell for help

An acknowledged master of the classic "locked room" mystery, Carr wrote 71 books from the 1930''s through the 1960''s. The evidence shows that while waiting to kill wealthy Septmus Depping, the would-be murderer ate the victim''s dinner and promptly died. Before famed sleuth Dr. Gideon Fell can finger the poisoner, another course of murder is served.

The story of a baffling murder takes place in London and at the BBC studios and the home of Sherlock Holmes.

The corpse of Frank Dorrance is discovered in the center of a tennis court and Dr. Gideon Fell searches for the killer.

Visiting friends in London, Bencolin, an inspector of the French Surete, encounters a baffling murder, whose most important clue seems to be a small model of a gallows.

Dr. Gideon Fell investigates a series of strange deaths in the Scottish Highlands.

"The old man had died quite naturally although they did find an oddly knotted piece of string next to his pillow. Still, they dismissed it until the normally sensible housekeeper told an incredible story of the beautiful woman who had walked through a wall, through a door where no door was, to get into the old man''s room. None of this bothered Edward Stevens. He was too busy editing a book on nineteenth century murders. That was until he came to a photograph of a murderess, who was guillotined in 1861. It was a clear picture of a beautiful woman, whom Stevens immediately recognized. She was his wife!"--BOOK COVER

Returning from the war, Don Holden discovers that his best friend''s wife has died under mysterious circumstances

Dr. Gideon Fell solves the dagger murder of a frock-coated, false-whiskered man whose corpse is discovered in the great black carriage of the eerie Wade Museum of Oriental Art