Scandal at High Chimneys

Scandal At High Chimneys
	First edition (US)
Author	John Dickson Carr
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre	Historical, Mystery, Detective novel
Publisher	Hamish Hamilton (UK) & Harper (US)
Publication date	1959
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	230 (1st US)

Scandal at High Chimneys: A Victorian Melodrama is a historical mystery novel by John Dickson Carr. It was published in the US and Canada by Harper & Row in August 1959.

The story is set in London, 1865, and concerns a house called High Chimneys where secrets are hidden among the household members.

Plot introduction

Clive Strickland, lawyer and author, was to discover a bewildering and terrifying slice of Victorian life when his friend Victor Damon asked him to visit the family estate. The Damon family home, a huge and formidable mansion, plays host to a multitude of characters. Strange things happen at the Damons': a ghost like figure threatens; Matthew Damon gets murdered under impossible circumstances and it take the brilliance of Jonathan Whicher to solve the tangled puzzle.

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