Nineteen ingenious crime puzzle mysteries inspired by the master of the locked room mystery, John Dickson Carr--some of them featuring Nameless Detective and Carpenter & Quincannon ... tales involving locked rooms, bizarre vanishings, curious murder methods and ghostly apparitions ... in settings as diverse as a prison execution shed, a magic show, a deserted islet, a poker game, a bookshop, a lumber camp, a brewery, and the depths of a gold mine ... Crimes committed in sealed rooms and crypts, on virgin sand, in places under constant guard or observation ... crimes concerning the mysterious disappearances of people, weapons, valuables, and for good measure, a dead body.--Back cover