The house that kills
Subtitle: La maison qui tue
By: Noel Vindry ; translated by John Pugmire
Contributors: Pugmire, John, translator
Edition: First American edition.
Publisher: Locked Room International
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York, New York?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
ISBN-13: 9781507667927
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Police magistrates; Fiction; Death threats; Murder; Investigation
Other titles: Maison qui tue
Work titles: Maison qui tue
Description: "In its starred review Publisher's Weekly says: "Vindry displays gifts for puzzle making and a creepy atmosphere that will resonate with fans of John Dickson Carr." Noel Vindry wrote twelve locked room novels between 1932 and 1937, of a quality and quantity to rival his contemporary, Carr/Dickson, yet he has so far remained unknown to English-speaking readers. The legendary Boileau-Narcejac team, responsible for Vertigo and Diabolique, spoke of his "unequalled virtuosity" and "stupefying puzzles." Thomas Narcejac said that not even Ellery Queen or Carr were Vindry's equal. He was the poet of the puzzle novel The House That Kills ("LaMaison Qui Tue") was Vindry's first book, featuring examining magistrate Monsieur Allou and three baffling locked room mysteries. Locked Room International translates and publishes the works of French impossible crime author Paul Halter and other international authors past and present."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 9).

Translated from the French.