Fire, Burn!

Novel by John Dickson Carr
First edition (publ. Harper & Brothers)

Fire, Burn! is a historical mystery novel by John Dickson Carr. It is about a police officer who is transported back in time to 1829[1] when the British police was first formed. Carr considered this one of his best impossible crime novels.

Awards

1969 – Grand Prix de Littérature Policière – best foreign novel, tied with The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey

Adaptations

1971 – Morte a passo di valzer[2] – Italian TV mini-series
BBC produced a radio play adaptation of the novel. [3]

References

  1. ^ "Fire, Burn!". Archived from the original on 2010-10-10. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
  2. ^ "Morte a passo di valzer (TV Mini Series 1979– ) - IMDb". IMDb. Archived from the original on 2017-02-09. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
  3. ^ "Saturday-Night Theatre: Fire, Burn!". BBC. 8 February 1975. Archived from the original on 1 February 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
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Works by John Dickson Carr
Sir Henry Merrivale series
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Short stories
  • Merrivale, March and Murder (1991)
Gideon Fell series
Novels
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collections
Henri Bencolin series
Novels
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  • "The Shadow of the Goat"
  • "The Fourth Suspect"
  • "The End of Justice"
  • "Murder in Number Four"
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As John Dickson Carr
As Carter Dickson
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