Aka "The Hollow Man"
By John Dickson Carr
I heard of this book in "Knives Out 3: Wake Up Dead Man." In that movie, the detective mentions that this book contains a lecture on all the ways a locked room murder can happen. Of course, I had to read it.
The book was fun to read. I think I will start reading more "fair detective stories" going forward.
The book contains two Impossible murders. The first murder happens in a locked room. The murderer just vanishes. Similarly, the second murder takes place on a dead-end street where the murderer also just vanishes, leaving no footprints in the snow, or witnesses to the dirty deed.
All becomes much more explainable when you reverse the order of the murders.
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