The Reader is Warned

The Reader is Warned

infobox Book |
name = Death in Five Boxes
title_orig =
translator =


image_caption = | author = John Dickson Carr writing as "Carter Dickson"
cover_artist =
country = United Kingdom
language = English
series = Henry Merrivale
genre = Mystery, Detective, Novel
publisher = Morrow (US, 1939) Heinemann (UK, 1939, first edition)
release_date = 1939
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages =
isbn =
preceded_by = Drop to His Death
followed_by = And So To Murder

"The Reader is Warned" is a mystery novel by the American writer John Dickson Carr (1906-1977), who published it under the name of Carter Dickson. It is a whodunnit and features the series detective Sir Henry Merrivale.

Plot summary

Sir Henry Merrivale must solve an impossible crime when a man dies in his home in such a way that it seems no one could have been sufficiently close to him to have committed murder.


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