Locked Room Murders And Other Impossible Crimes

This volume lists over 2 000 separate stories from the short story to the novel and includes information about the puzzle presented e g the victim was stabbed in an empty room while the only entrance was under constant guard the sources where one might find the story e g a.

Locked room murders and other impossible crimes. Robert adey has compiled a remarkable volume for any fan of the locked room or impossible crime in mysteries. This volume lists over 2 000 separate stories from the short story to the novel and includes information about the puzzle presented e g the victim was stabbed in an empty room while the only entrance was under constant guard the sources where one might find the story e g a. The locked room or impossible crime mystery is a subgenre of detective fiction in which a crime almost always murder is committed in circumstances under which it was seemingly impossible for the perpetrator to commit the crime or evade detection in the course of getting in and out of the crime scene the crime in question typically involves a crime scene with no indication as to how the. He was the author of the definitive study of locked room mysteries and impossible crimes the bibliography locked room murders 1979 revised 1991.

The first edition published in 1979 listed 1280 impossible crime novels and short stories with their publication dates the name of the detective and a brief description of the impossible crime problem. This is a review of the second edition revised august 2018 published by locked room international.