โ Scribed by John Dickson Carr, Martin Edwards
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โโThe purpose, the illusion, the spirit of a waxworks. It is an atmosphere of death. It is soundless and motionless... Do you see?โโ
Last night Mademoiselle Duchรชne was seen heading into the Gallery of Horrors at the Musรฉe Augustin waxworks, alive. Today she was found in the Seine, murdered. The museumโs proprietor, long perturbed by the unnatural vitality of his figures, claims that he saw one of them following the victim into the dark โ a lead that Henri Bencolin, head of the Paris police and expert of โimpossibleโ crimes, cannot possibly resist.
Surrounded by the eerie noises of the night, Bencolin prepares to enter the ill-fated waxworks, his associate Jeff Marle and the victimโs fiancรฉ in tow. Waiting within, beneath the glass-eyed gaze of a leering waxen satyr, is a gruesome discovery and the first clues of a twisted and ingenious mystery.
First published in 1932 at the height of crime fictionโs Golden Age, this macabre and atmospheric dive into the murky underground of Parisian society presents an intelligent puzzle delivered at a stunning pace. This new edition also includes โThe Murder in Number Fourโ, a rare Inspector Bencolin short story.
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