| 词条 | Scandal at High Chimneys |
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| name = Scandal At High Chimneys | title_orig = | translator = | image = Image:Jdc ScandalAtHighChimneys.jpg | caption = First edition (US) | author = John Dickson Carr | cover_artist = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | series = | genre = Historical, Mystery, Detective novel | publisher = Hamish Hamilton (UK) & Harper (US) | release_date = 1959 | media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback) | pages = 230 (1st US) | isbn = | preceded_by = | followed_by = }} 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 introductionClive 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; Matthew Damon gets murdered under impossible circumstances and it take the brilliance of Jonathan Whicher to solve the tangled puzzle. {{John Dickson Carr}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Scandal At High Chimneys}}{{1950s-hist-novel-stub}}{{1950s-mystery-novel-stub}} 8 : 1959 American novels|Historical mystery novels|Novels by John Dickson Carr|1865 in fiction|Novels set in the 1860s|Novels set in London|Hamish Hamilton books|Harper & Row books |
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