- The Bowstring Murders
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name = The Bowstring Murders
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author =John Dickson Carr writing as "Carr Dickson"
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country =United Kingdom
language = English
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genre = Mystery, Detective,Novel
publisher = Morrow (US 1st edition, 1933) Heinemann (UK, 1934)
release_date = 1933
media_type = Print (Hardback &Paperback )
pages = 253 (Zebra paperback edition, 1989)
isbn = 0-8217-2687-0 (Zebra paperback edition, 1989)
preceded_by = None, as Carr Dickson
followed_by = None, as Carr Dickson"The Bowstring Murders" is a
mystery novel by the American writerJohn Dickson Carr (1906-1977), who wrote it under the name of Carr Dickson. It is awhodunit and the only one of his many works to be published under this name; subsequent reprints have been under his main pseudonym of "Carter Dickson". It is also his only novel to feature alcoholic detective John Gaunt.Plot summary
Elderly eccentric Lord Rayle has a priceless collection of medieval arms and armour housed at Bowstring Castle. When he is found strangled by one of his own bowstrings, it's up to John Gaunt to solve the crime.
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