Drop to His Death

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Drop To His Death (aka Fatal Descent)
Author John Dickson Carr writing as "Carter Dickson" and John Rhode
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre(s) Mystery, Detective, Novel
Publisher Heinemann (UK, first edition) & Dodd (USA)
Publication date 1939
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Preceded by Death in Five Boxes
Followed by The Reader is Warned

Drop To His Death (also published under the title Fatal Descent) is a mystery novel by the American writer John Dickson Carr (1906-1977), who published it under the name of Carter Dickson, in collaboration with John Rhode. It is a locked room mystery.

[edit] Plot summary

A businessman dies in an elevator in such a way that it seems as though no one could have committed the murder.