Editing John Dickson Carr (section)

==Other works==
Besides Dr. Fell and Sir Henry Merrivale, Carr mysteries feature two other series detectives: [[Henri Bencolin]] and [[Colonel March]].

A few of his novels do not feature a series detective.  The most famous of these, ''[[The Burning Court]]'' ([[1937 in literature|1937]]), involves witchcraft, poisoning, and a body that disappears from a sealed crypt in suburban Philadelphia; it was the basis for the French movie ''[[La chambre ardente]]'' ([[1962 in film|1962]]).

Carr wrote in the short story format as well.  [[Julian Symons]], in ''Bloody Murder: From the Detective Story to the Crime Novel: A History'' (1972), said: "Most of Carr's stories are compressed versions of his locked-room novels, and at times they benefit from the compression.  Probably the best of them are in the Carter Dickson book, ''The Department of Queer Complaints'' (1940), although this does not include the brilliantly clever H.M. story ''The House in Goblin Wood'' or a successful pastiche which introduces Edgar Allan Poe as a detective."<ref name="SYM">Julian Symons, ''Bloody Murder: From the Detective Story to the Crime Novel: A History'', first published Faber and Faber 1972, with revisions Penguin 1974, {{ISBN|0-14-003794-2}}</ref>

During [[1950 in literature|1950]], Carr wrote the novel, ''[[The Bride of Newgate]]'', set during 1815 at the close of the [[Napoleonic Wars]], "one of the earliest [[historical mystery]] novels."<ref name="Carr">{{cite web|url=http://www.historicalnovels.info/Bride-of-Newgate.html |title=''The Bride of Newgate'' by John Dickson Carr |first=Margaret |last=Donsbach|website= HistoricalNovels.info |access-date=November 13, 2013}}</ref> ''[[The Devil in Velvet]]'' and ''[[Fire, Burn!]]'' are the two [[historical novel]]s (involving also [[Time travel]]) with which he said he himself was most pleased. With [[Adrian Conan Doyle]], the youngest son of [[Arthur Conan Doyle]], Carr wrote [[Sherlock Holmes]] stories that were published in the 1954 collection ''[[The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes]]''.  He was also honored by the estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle by being asked to write the biography for the legendary author. The book, ''The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle'', was published during 1949 and received generally favorable reviews for its vigor and entertaining style.