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John Dickson Carr is, according to Wikipedia, one of the greats of the Golden Age of Mystery. Wikipedia also claims that The Three Coffins is his masterpiece, which is why I decided to read it. It is a classic locked-room mystery. The book is more concerned with the mechanics of the mystery, timetables, how it could be done, that sort of thing, than with the believability or development of the characters. Many older mysteries share this trait, although not all of them, and I find this type of mystery less interesting than one that explores motive and character as well. The detective, Dr. Fell, was not very well-developed in the book, nor were any of the other characters. He was prone to give lectures, but interestingly enough, not on criminology or the crime itself, but actually more on crime as depicted in novels.
