An oddly assorted group of people draw cards to see who will spend the night locked into a room said to be haunted by the "Red Widow"—a legendary figure who was married to the executioner who guillotined French aristocrats. In the morning, the victim is found dead, locked inside a room whose door was continuously under observation. He has been poisoned by curare, which must be absorbed into the body through a break in the skin, but no wounds of any kind are found on the body. Henry Merrivale must solve the mystery.
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widow, murders, mystery, novel, american, writer, john, dickson, carr, 1906, 1977, published, under, name, carter, dickson, locked, room, mystery, features, series, detective, henry, merrivale, first, editionauthorjohn, dickson, carr, writing, carter, dickson,. The Red Widow Murders 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 locked room mystery and features his series detective Sir Henry Merrivale The Red Widow MurdersFirst US editionAuthorJohn Dickson Carr writing as Carter Dickson CountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishSeriesHenry MerrivaleGenreMystery Detective NovelPublisherMorrow US 1935 Heinemann UK 1935 Publication date1935Media typePrint Hardback amp Paperback Preceded byThe White Priory Murders Followed byThe Unicorn Murders Plot summary EditAn oddly assorted group of people draw cards to see who will spend the night locked into a room said to be haunted by the Red Widow a legendary figure who was married to the executioner who guillotined French aristocrats In the morning the victim is found dead locked inside a room whose door was continuously under observation He has been poisoned by curare which must be absorbed into the body through a break in the skin but no wounds of any kind are found on the body Henry Merrivale must solve the mystery This article about a mystery novel of the 1930s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Red Widow Murders amp oldid 923549222, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
