John Dickson Carr was a very highly regarded American mystery writer, though he lived for most of the '30s and '40s in England, married there and set many of his books there (Wikipedia). His two main detectives, Dr. Fell and Sir Henry Merrivale, were very English (Wikipedia).
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20th century, 19th century, 17th century, 1865, 1890, 1930s, 1931, Carnival, Edward VII, 1901-1910, Late 1920s, Meiguo, Post WWII, WWII, World War, 1939-1945, Written and set in 1949, carnivalID Numbers
- OLID: OL465130A
- ISNI: 0000000120272204
- VIAF: 64003044
- Wikidata: Q365664
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q365664
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- Dickson Carr
- Roger Fairbairn
- Carter Dickson
- Carr John Dickson
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