Drop to His Death

Drop To His Death (also published under the title Fatal Descent) is a mystery novel by the American writer John Dickson Carr, who published it under the name of Carter Dickson, in collaboration with John Rhode. It is a locked room mystery.

Drop To His Death (aka Fatal Descent)
First US edition
AuthorJohn Dickson Carr writing as "Carter Dickson" and John Rhode
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreMystery fiction, Detective fiction
PublisherHeinemann (UK)
Dodd, Mead & Co. (USA)
Publication date
1939
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Preceded byDeath in Five Boxes 
Followed byThe Reader is Warned 

Plot summary

A businessman dies in an elevator in such a way that it seems as though no one could have committed the murder.


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