The Men Who Explained Miracles
- The Men Who Explained Miracles
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name = The Men Who Explained Miracles
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author = John Dickson Carr
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
series = Henry Merrivale, Gideon Fell, Colonel March
genre = Mystery, Detective novel, Short story
publisher = Hamish Hamilton (UK) & Harper (USA, 1964)
release_date = 1963
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 159 pp (Pyramid T2224, paperback edition, 1970)
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"The Men Who Explained Miracles", first published in 1963, is a volume of short stories written by John Dickson Carr; the stories feature his series detectives Gideon Fell, Henry Merrivale and Colonel March, of the "Department of Queer Complaints". This volume of short stories is of the mystery genre, most of the type known as a whodunnit.
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Colonel March, of the Department of Queer Complaints:"William Wilson's Racket" and "The Empty Flat"
Dr. Gideon Fell:"The Incautious Burglar" (a shortened and altered version of "Death and the Gilded Man") and "Invisible Hands"
Two non-series "Secret Service" stories, "Strictly Diplomatic" and "The Black Cabinet"; "The Black Cabinet" is a story in which an attempt to assassinate Napoleon Bonaparte is foiled by a contemporaneous historical figure from another context.
Sir Henry Merrivale:A novelette, "All in a Maze".
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