Scandal at High Chimneys

1959 novel by John Dickson Carr

Scandal At High Chimneys
First edition (US)
Author	John Dickson Carr
Cover artist	Irv Docktor
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre	Historical, Mystery, Detective novel
Publisher	Hamish Hamilton (UK) & Harper (US)
Publication date	1959
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	230 (1st US)

Scandal at High Chimneys: A Victorian Melodrama is a historical mystery novel by John Dickson Carr. It was published in the US 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.

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 vast and formidable mansion, plays host to a multitude of characters. Strange things happen at the Damons': a ghost-like figure threatens; Matthew Damon gets murdered under impossible circumstances, and it takes the brilliance of Jonathan Whicher to solve the tangled puzzle.

Works by John Dickson Carr

Sir Henry Merrivale series

Novels	The Plague Court Murders (1934) The White Priory Murders (1934) The Red Widow Murders (1935) The Unicorn Murders (1935) The Punch and Judy Murders (1936) The Ten Teacups (1937) The Judas Window (1938) Death in Five Boxes (1938) The Reader is Warned (1939) And So to Murder (1940) Murder in the Submarine Zone (1940) Seeing is Believing (1941) The Gilded Man (1942) She Died a Lady (1943) He Wouldn't Kill Patience (1944) The Curse of the Bronze Lamp (1945) My Late Wives (1946) The Skeleton in the Clock (1948) A Graveyard to Let (1949) Night at the Mocking Widow (1950) Behind the Crimson Blind (1952) The Cavalier's Cup (1953)
Short stories	Merrivale, March and Murder (1991)

Novels

The Plague Court Murders (1934)
The White Priory Murders (1934)
The Red Widow Murders (1935)
The Unicorn Murders (1935)
The Punch and Judy Murders (1936)
The Ten Teacups (1937)
The Judas Window (1938)
Death in Five Boxes (1938)
The Reader is Warned (1939)
And So to Murder (1940)
Murder in the Submarine Zone (1940)
Seeing is Believing (1941)
The Gilded Man (1942)
She Died a Lady (1943)
He Wouldn't Kill Patience (1944)
The Curse of the Bronze Lamp (1945)
My Late Wives (1946)
The Skeleton in the Clock (1948)
A Graveyard to Let (1949)
Night at the Mocking Widow (1950)
Behind the Crimson Blind (1952)
The Cavalier's Cup (1953)

Short stories

Merrivale, March and Murder (1991)

Gideon Fell series

Novels	Hag's Nook (1933) The Mad Hatter Mystery (1933) The Eight of Swords (1934) The Blind Barber (1934) Death-Watch (1935) The Hollow Man (1935) The Arabian Nights Murder (1936) To Wake the Dead (1938) The Crooked Hinge (1938) The Black Spectacles (1939) The Problem of the Wire Cage (1939) The Man Who Could Not Shudder (1940) The Case of the Constant Suicides (1941) Death Turns the Tables (1941) Till Death Do Us Part (1944) He Who Whispers (1946) The Sleeping Sphinx (1947) Below Suspicion (1949) The Dead Man's Knock (1958) In Spite of Thunder (1960) The House at Satan's Elbow (1965) Panic in Box C (1966) Dark of the Moon (1968)
Short story collections	Dr. Fell, Detective, and Other Stories (1947) The Men Who Explained Miracles (1963) Fell and Foul Play (1991)

Novels

Hag's Nook (1933)
The Mad Hatter Mystery (1933)
The Eight of Swords (1934)
The Blind Barber (1934)
Death-Watch (1935)
The Hollow Man (1935)
The Arabian Nights Murder (1936)
To Wake the Dead (1938)
The Crooked Hinge (1938)
The Black Spectacles (1939)
The Problem of the Wire Cage (1939)
The Man Who Could Not Shudder (1940)
The Case of the Constant Suicides (1941)
Death Turns the Tables (1941)
Till Death Do Us Part (1944)
He Who Whispers (1946)
The Sleeping Sphinx (1947)
Below Suspicion (1949)
The Dead Man's Knock (1958)
In Spite of Thunder (1960)
The House at Satan's Elbow (1965)
Panic in Box C (1966)
Dark of the Moon (1968)

Short story
collections

Dr. Fell, Detective, and Other Stories (1947)
The Men Who Explained Miracles (1963)
Fell and Foul Play (1991)

Henri Bencolin series

Novels	It Walks By Night (1930) Castle Skull (1931) The Lost Gallows (1931) The Waxworks Murder (1932) The Four False Weapons (1937)
Short stories	"The Shadow of the Goat" "The Fourth Suspect" "The End of Justice" "Murder in Number Four"

Other novels

As John Dickson Carr	Poison in Jest (1932) The Burning Court (1937) The Emperor's Snuff-Box (1942) The Bride of Newgate (1950) The Devil in Velvet (1951) The Nine Wrong Answers (1952) Captain Cut-Throat (1955) Patrick Butler for the Defense (1956) Fire, Burn! (1957) Scandal at High Chimneys (1959) The Witch of the Low Tide (1961) The Demoniacs (1962) Most Secret (1964) Papa La-Bas (1968) The Ghosts' High Noon (1970) Deadly Hall (1971) The Hungry Goblin (1972)
As Carter Dickson	The Bowstring Murders (1934) The Third Bullet (1937) Drop to His Death (1939) The Department of Queer Complaints (1940) Fear Is the Same (1956)

As John Dickson Carr