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Murder in the Submarine Zone (US title: Nine -- and Death Makes Ten, also published as Murder in the Atlantic) 
1st US editionAuthor(s) John Dickson Carr writing as "Carter Dickson" Country United Kingdom Language English Series Henry Merrivale Genre(s) Mystery, Detective, Novel Publisher Morrow (US, 1940)
Heinemann (UK, 1940)Publication date 1940 Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) Preceded by And So To Murder Followed by Seeing is Believing Murder in the Submarine Zone (also published as Nine—And Death Makes Ten and Murder in the Atlantic) 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
Nine oddly-assorted passengers aboard the S.S. Edwardic are crossing the Atlantic during World War II, with the constant threat of attack by German submarines. When one passenger is murdered, apparently for a military secret, Sir Henry Merrivale must solve the mystery. But can he contend with the fact that the killer's fingerprint doesn't match anybody on the ship?
Literary significance and criticism
"One of the author's most straightforward stories. The action ... consists in finding out who murdered whom for a military secret -- except that the motive takes an unexpected turn. The several characters are well differentiated and suspicion fairly distributed. Shipboard life in the blackout is especially well done."[1]
References
- ^ Barzun, Jacques and Taylor, Wendell Hertig. A Catalogue of Crime. New York: Harper & Row. 1971, revised and enlarged edition 1989. ISBN 0-06-015796-8
Sir Henry Merrivale series NovelsThe Plague Court Murders (1934) · The White Priory Murders (1934) · The Red Widow Murders (1935) · The Unicorn Murders (1935) · The Punch and Judy Murders (1936) · The Ten Teacups (1937) · The Judas Window (1938) · Death in Five Boxes (1938) · The Reader is Warned (1939) · And So to Murder (1940) · Murder in the Submarine Zone (1940) · Seeing is Believing (1941) · The Gilded Man (1942) · She Died a Lady (1943) · He Wouldn't Kill Patience (1944) · The Curse of the Bronze Lamp (1945) · My Late Wives (1946) · The Skeleton in the Clock (1948) · A Graveyard to Let (1949) · Night at the Mocking Widow (1950) · Behind the Crimson Blind (1952) · The Cavalier's Cup (1953) ·
Short storiesMerrivale, March and Murder (1991)Gideon Fell series NovelsHag's Nook (1933) · The Mad Hatter Mystery (1933) · The Blind Barber (1934) · The Eight of Swords (1934) · Death-Watch (1935) · The Hollow Man (1935) · The Arabian Nights Murder (1936) · To Wake the Dead (1938) · The Crooked Hinge (1938) · The Black Spectacles (1939) · The Problem of the Wire Cage (1939) · The Man Who Could Not Shudder (1940) · The Case of the Constant Suicides (1941) · Death Turns the Tables (1941) · Till Death Do Us Part (1944) · He Who Whispers (1946) · The Sleeping Sphinx (1947) · Below Suspicion (1949) · The Dead Man's Knock (1958) · In Spite of Thunder (1960) · The House at Satan's Elbow (1965) · Panic in Box C (1966) · Dark of the Moon (1968)
Short story
collectionsDr. Fell, Detective, and Other Stories (1947) · The Men Who Explained Miracles (1963) · Fell and Foul Play (1991)
The Henri Bencolin series NovelsIt Walks By Night (1930) • Castle Skull (1931) • The Lost Gallows (1931) • The Waxworks Murder (1932) •
The Four False Weapons (1937)Short stories"The Shadow of the Goat" • "The Fourth Suspect" • "The End of Justice" • "Murder In Number Four"Other novels As John Dickson CarrPoison In Jest (1932) • The Burning Court (1937) • The Emperor's Snuff-Box (1942) • The Bride of Newgate (1950) • The Devil in Velvet (1951) • The Nine Wrong Answers (1952) • Captain Cut-Throat (1955) • Patrick Butler for the Defense (1956) • Fire, Burn! (1957) • Scandal at High Chimneys: A Victorian Melodrama (1959) • The Witch of the Low Tide: An Edwardian Melodrama (1961) • The Demoniacs (1962) • Most Secret (1964) • Papa La-Bas (1968) • The Ghosts' High Noon (1970) • Deadly Hall (1971) • The Hungry Goblin: A Victorian Detective Novel (1972)As Carter DicksonThe Bowstring Murders (1934) • Fear Is the Same (1956)Categories:- 1940 novels
- Novels by John Dickson Carr
- World War II novels
- Mystery novel stubs
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