The Black Spectacles, John Dickson Carr
The Black Spectacles, John Dickson Carr
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The Black Spectacles

Author: John Dickson Carr

Narrator: Kris Dyer

Unabridged: 9 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Soundings

Published: 07/01/2023


Synopsis

A sinister case of deadly poisoned chocolates from Sodbury Cross's high street shop haunts the group of friends and relatives assembled at Bellegarde, among the orchards of 'peach-fancier' Marcus Chesney. To prove a point about how the sweets could have been poisoned under the nose of the shopkeeper, Chesney stages an elaborate memory game to test whether any of his guests can see beyond their 'black spectacles'; that is, to see the truth without assumptions as witnesses. During the test - which is also being filmed - Chesney is murdered by his accomplice, dressed head to toe in an 'invisible man' disguise. The keen wits of Dr Gideon Fell are called for to crack this brazen and bizarre murder. This classic novel is widely regarded as one of John Dickson Carr's masterpieces and remains among the greatest impossible crime mysteries of all time.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nancy on January 26, 2021

full post here: [URL not allowed] While not limited to these books, this year's mystery reads focus mainly on a group of mystery/crime novels chosen by Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares, translated into Spanish, and started to be published in 1945. It's known as the sép......more

Goodreads review by Nhi on August 18, 2020

Khi đại gia sở hữu những nhà kính trồng đào Marcus Chesney sắp đặt một “màn trình diễn” vào khoảng nửa đêm, không ai có thể ngờ đó lại là một vụ án mạng. Trước sự chứng kiến của ba nhân chứng: cô cháu gái Marjorie Wills của ông, George Harding - vị hôn phu của Marjorie, và giáo sư Ingram, ngài Marcu......more

Goodreads review by QHuong(BookSpy) on January 08, 2021

4.5 Mình thích cuốn này nhất trong số 3 cuốn mình đã đọc của tác giả (Người rỗng, Chiếc bản lề cong). Trước tiên là nói về mấy điểm mà mình không thực sự thích lắm ở cuốn này. Thứ nhất là động cơ của thủ phạm không phù hợp với cách gây án tương đối là phức tạp. Sự liên quan của thủ phạm giết ông Ches......more

Goodreads review by Sakshi on May 06, 2021

The book was engaging, and I read it all in one go as is standard with GAD fiction, yet I found myself somewhat disappointed by the conclusion. I would put it at the level of a tier-2 Christie; engaging enough plot, decent pacing, but a solution that's a bit too contrived. I loved the central premis......more

Goodreads review by Calum on June 02, 2021

A: Incredible! JDC is a King! Contains so many red herrings that I kept shifting my opinion on who the murderer was and it still ended up somewhat surprising me. Madly entertaining (took just a day to read), beautifully reasoned and psychologically sound, too. I can't believe that I was fool enough t......more