Scandal At High Chimneys
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| Author | John Dickson Carr |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Historical, Mystery, Detective novel |
| Publisher | Hamish Hamilton (UK) & Harper (USA) |
| Released | 1959 |
| Media Type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| ISBN | NA |
Scandal at High Chimneys: A Victorian Melodrama is a historical mystery novel by John Dickson Carr. It was published in the USA and Canada by Harper & Row in August 1959.
The story is set in London, 1865, and concerns a house called High Chimneys where secrets are hidden among the household members.
[edit] Plot introduction
Clive Strickland, lawyer and author, was to discover a bewildering and terrifying slice of Victorian life when his friend Victor Damon asked him to visit the family estate. The Damon family home, a huge and formidable mansion, plays host to a multitude of characters. Strange things happen at the Damons': a ghost like figure threatens; Nathan Damon gets murdered under impossible circumstances and it take the brilliance of Jonathan Wicher to solve the tangled puzzle.
