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Death Turns the Tables (1941), also published under the title The Seat of the Scornful, is a detective novel by John Dickson Carr. The novel is a mystery of the type known as a whodunnit. The story features Carr's series detective Gideon Fell, though not Carr's signature plot device of a locked-room mystery. Plot summary
When he is found with a gun in his hand and a dead body on the floor in front of him, the tables have turned and now he is being accused of a crime he claims he didn't commit.
3 de ene. de 2019 · Carr didn’t have as much trouble as Christie did with his American publishers giving books different titles from the British… but who on earth thought Death Turns the Tables was a better title than The Seat of the Scornful?
30 de jul. de 2014 · The Seat Of The Scornful aka Death Turns The Tables by John Dickson Carr. To describe Judge Ireton as arrogant would be something of an understatement. His daughter, Constance, introduces her fiancé Tony Morrell to him, and the Judge immediately (well, once Constance is out of the room) offer £3,000 for the undesirable Morrell to clear off ...
1 de ene. de 1985 · Who is the dried stick of a barrister (who turns out to be a pretty decent sort) really in love with? Who tries to drown his newly-discovered love in a darkened, subterranean swimming pool? Carr provides lots of interesting side-tracks and tricksy turns, as is usual in his mysteries.
Death Turns the Tables, first published in 1941 (first UK publication 1942 as The Seat of the Scornful), is a detective story by John Dickson Carr which features Carr's series detective Gideon Fell. This novel is a mystery of the type known as a whodunnit.
Who is the dried stick of a barrister (who turns out to be a pretty decent sort) really in love with? Who tries to drown his newly-discovered love in a darkened, subterranean swimming pool? Carr provides lots of interesting side-tracks and tricksy turns, as is usual in his mysteries.
