Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

The Man Who Could Not Shudder
The Man Who Could Not Shudder
The Man Who Could Not Shudder
Ebook262 pages4 hours

The Man Who Could Not Shudder

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

4.5/5

()

Read preview

About this ebook

Famed crime solver Dr. Gideon Fell attends a housewarming party in the English countryside, but a ghost spoils the fun in Golden Age mystery master John Dickson Carr’s stylish, baffling mystery novel

The house is called Longwood, and its history is wet with blood. It is closed up for good in 1920, when a massive chandelier falls, crushing an eighty-year-old butler. Oddly enough, the old chandelier was sturdy, and there was no way it could have fallen unless the butler leapt and swung on it. Was he mad? Suicidal? Or was he being pursued by something from beyond the grave?

Seventeen years later, Longwood is purchased by Martin Clarke, a rakish young man with a taste for the supernatural. He invites his friends for a paranormal housewarming, but it is not long before the festivities turn gruesome. Chairs fly, guns fire on their own, and a mysterious fire threatens to engulf the whole mansion in flames. Clarke and his guests came for a ghost hunt—but could it be that the ghost is hunting them?
The Man Who Could Not Shudder is the 12th book in the Dr. Gideon Fell Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

The Man Who Could Not Shudder is the 12th book in the Dr. Gideon Fell Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateMar 25, 2014
ISBN9781480472501
The Man Who Could Not Shudder
Author

John Dickson Carr

John Dickson Carr was born in 1906 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, the son of a lawyer. While at school and college, he wrote ghost, detective and adventure stories. After studying law, he headed to Paris in 1928. Once there, he lost any desire to study law and soon turned to writing crime fiction full-time. His first novel, It Walks by Night, was published in 1930. Two years later, he moved to England with his English wife; thereafter he became a prolific author and became a master of the locked-room mystery. He also wrote a biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, radio plays, dozens of short stories, and magazine reviews. He died in 1977 in South Carolina.

Read more from John Dickson Carr

Related to The Man Who Could Not Shudder

Titles in the series (7)

View More

Related ebooks

Crime Thriller For You

View More

Related articles

Related categories

Reviews for The Man Who Could Not Shudder

Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
4.5/5

4 ratings1 review

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Carr is the master of the impossible crime genre, but it’s not his clever twists that make him compelling but the deftness and atmosphere in his work. He can be genuinely eerie and funny at the same time, I would very much have liked to have known him. The Man Who Could Not Shudder is the story about an ancient haunted house, a ghost party and the murder of one of the guests. I can’t say more without giving anything way, other than if you like haunted houses and creepy atmosphere, revelations during storms, casts of characters all with something to hid, then you will love this book. Read it as soon as you can.

Book preview

The Man Who Could Not Shudder - John Dickson Carr

qs(ebook_preview_excerpt.html\ےGv&R8:JAHɍz,4 ]`_~X?L_Xټ͋{nߚqS7I%fCg7c!j|mora3CO)50MĽGcPZ /cA.OCӖK+\?Gi;EPmq I޳R]Q`cW:D5N5o毅f:Q +ĸ7E0Ƅv-~7zXBG)tUbz}';@Q GXg(};:nY6- ;J"iŽn\k˪jӿlF3壏S/*>@̅GSsHRn- $4GFTH8;PGn]KT:ţo(`+v,qv8] 6#Xa0>ֶ&Д eq#'Ŧyȵǡ]dL 5{DYdk$K\ʀ(s%F+>6qwS<ۀ+5EyS8@|~oe59Kv"A ^C]=ZJ5;Ci0ܣfjJZo"dlo+7xJX~ul i]6̨TU5)"Ee.>@wL1v8>tRHR*%e>aC7W<@Tt:ڬ@EPC8do^㞚1= w&Z0?&KAGrY,GaKXd?Y&0v4>0`0>O&2/kc6ʿjW!4o~AN11?EN@ WѾOV2RBg{эƝZ< $ "95,v"3%Ub*9`@c0nv :L97 Հ1Ąd$);͓zidnZǶCkQQF[憥D)= }[ ;[8LM^&}<*^TV蕰֋5[KUt:# i `aƣ.p[={kvD?=>LaR ˌfyLO@4+K>xgQvɟ*9BL:p?a|A2l,0dUSZ1GWr4Ʉ\D5͌WKȰT~8Nћ"=O:C^R.ľZfd[kF,J26UX)aUno UU:~*["]/ 䘒k*=7p6䋽Zw(OYrǹ0P28Ul;Kv}Mwo ~2lٜdRoѦ,a<2Hϰ._z'-s!Ζ*([&?”vaSóI"GK$-4OS J'غBlƓyTPφlX*Usc30doFE]S,M/jzYW$IgLڅ$ ׈/`˕nD5Ul/;5H_/B J@KC`:$SW77W)$YjfAK?,J i/:XoQb=SpZpTAT En7e#V%z4h&("T)U!cJn<Կ& >ihiomplnmq,'uWq͟'V`.l.COtp!њ>}89lfV}",U|\]@S5m)tXuɮH~:Hz~Θ82&lnhzQJ~H K=!I6OC˽Su:'&t|2YVe~Χ М]?TKpoziAVTI܋DcU<qJ'A$PKTX܈zT&*#rҸYЪ/rGdR]V-Rl ~$NjENexĄ^r,Lֆή k^ sXƛOJ1@/k/_ # bz7Wx8elOl!Em-j)>N;ͪxd 5#"=[D 9z:Kjęj1/`I"Iʅg)ꋡڭ73oI܆HՃ&RI_{uw겒Z贈ye;.lH&CYYQu^\WLC]~\Ap*bSÚ$~]9T>]; ~`-RK$_W &(ge^긮d#0/2sjaX!G>&$]!Y =O@ARbNTB;lI)Z? R*D 5)8͞/]\mNnrRgӺlfқ>TזהQf`{.tG_/Wcu.TbKV+a C $,/h'&6<6["tS=4. 7:OdԗBJmc@KOהzd+ncWSgE:wAH3_EHSAb)Zl7ZB"i̡$źE/2Xgh..Zqψ죛bUlX!ߩoZ䷩5e=c5ṵCWDu {fLi㚛"#g֫5Twwd^bEE:ŀYfڔi/DNq ׈n@2wCx [}tS7$mqKa ȯ:EA#ڱN'"DPe=M<ѼTTjf '&$kiSS0ok,3^3{N;RmXgG60I5 瑩3G"s[B/>ghȫġiHB7~[0?I-vN3&A`KpaB,؃7U隨5VcA)S۔4eqLy~8Ak* 2=A|Z ,IH/ekNᓯ40l2Ͳbď}bx`kF|SRcMz*  kTѓ426!yl}gç z@|3XSaNNrJއxRt,sEW4sQbِIiX×g :c6 2$n<|v5eh&b6'Йiiw97lmީ wh5ӑͷlYڧnxrcgW2e3vN:op@*.YO,D]Ǎt$vzD$C6f/u^4Lzy~qR}**ޘ)A}P~PG1hcIh*k̓ Xvy2]c-v:dYXT̺(M6˙h> 9Ye1ݷKݾClW5mC%(xܰ]d}fq&ohvzغs 9MTpIefbp[/Y>2))bh~mYPA*K:(kݔs[_$NL1mBEq-S9,Q"쟺DUvwj EU{6 wzDu3>]0VL AZH6r31_Ċ=8r+3$๯d_7!fAJw^'{Eܥ77Y$@i |I,ӝ;JeVmc68ŚyzW vsʚ yB=YDo`S/KIh,zr2+bf"F04'$>.)&?6Lh{ K_B4V8G| kFPpT~5_ !wi@sw,tֻP[izWS 1gTK3<%+gh%eOZ#R˿E}N9ޥ٭Sz^Ϯ.kTGViZEFX[v5X8X2}Eq!鋪rxob}DR>{[X72)L`Z8k/_/BCW䞏a];h?v ,2XӝI.纬U:$\>{r'd/H4_/'f=H_;8jLO5.}kwRƋ ȝct `jw`SNL]dqԑq_hٶ/|Z5zS jK|_1#_MPb+t$n'ro㎱?_StVl!]e U d<-]o7bR6`QzHq6V5޼wU7ZO{PqZVT{gKL]~5 ޣȝn_jf` L_үI^eG?^yI*!e|հz]݉gp4%1q%|W%c !Nr9;8Uk(MWñqeyaK$CXT EE0 ^]{"R"D=)Q{vloZq,'i?9p;Ub%zХ_A)94~4ﺐFYv#Vȱ/m?rXJgdi'M1#"#^%͏]WiL
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1