Series: This is Dr. Gideon Fell #3
About the author: John Dickson Carr (1906 – 1977) was an American author, who also published using the pseudonyms Carter Dickson, Carr Dickson, and Roger Fairbairn. He lived in England for a number of years, and is often grouped among "British-style" mystery writers. Most (though not all) of his novels had English settings, especially country villages and estates, and English characters. His two best-known fictional detectives (Dr. Gideon Fell and Sir Henry Merrivale) were both English. (excerpt from this Wikipedia article.)
Major characters:
Residents of The Grange:
Colonel --- Standish, publisher, county constable, owner
Morley Standish, his son*
Hilda Doffit, the housemaid
Septimus Depping, tenant of the guest house
Patricia Depping, his daughter*
Raymond Storer, the valet
Achille Georges, the cook
Henry Morgan, writer of detective stories
Louis Spinelli, the local crook
Hugh Donovan, Sr., bishop of Mappleham, amateur criminologist
Hugh Donovan, Jr., his son
Rev. George Primley, the vicar
Chief Inspector Hadley
Dr. Gideon Fell
*engaged
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May 24 2026: Reading now, please check back again for more. RM
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