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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.52
EAN num: 9780786702237
ISBN number: 0786702230
Label: Carroll & Graf
Manufacturer: Carroll & Graf
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 298
Printing Date: June 22, 1995
Publishing house: Carroll & Graf
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Studio: Carroll & Graf
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Beside the dead body of Sir Maurice Lawes are the shattered fragments of a snuff-box that once belonged to Napoleon. These fragments tell a tale, or rather two tales, one true and one false. Now, an English expert in criminology forces the evidence to tell the truth about what happened and to point out the real murderer. Reissue.
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This is an unusual Carr one meet in "The Emperor's Snuff-Box". No locked room or any other kind of impossible crime here. No Gideon Fell or Henry Merrivale. "Snuff-Box" is a stand-alone, one of those experimental books that Carr attempted now and then. And one of his very masterpieces.
I doubt that there are some people who don't like JDC. But if such people exist, they have to read this book at once: it will have their eyes open. Carr creates fully-drawn characters you won't forget, such as Eve Neill, Ned Atwood, Toby Lawes or Dermot Kinross. He also provides a touching love story, and some really moving scenes, yet humour is never absent. Look at the ending, one of Carr's best ones. Atmosphere is as well done as usual. And the plot... Ah, that plot! Misdirection of the finest sort, that's all I can say. Carr is the all-time greatest mystery writer, and here's another proof. Read it!
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Better atmosphere than many of his books, but not quite the top drawer puzzle as in many of his other books.
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