A sinister case of deadly poisoned chocolates from Sodbury Cross's high street shop haunts the group of friends and relatives assembled at Bellegarde, among the orchards of 'peach-fancier' Marcus Chesney. To prove a point about how the sweets could have been poisoned under the nose of the shopkeeper, Chesney stages an elaborate memory game to test whether any of his guests can see beyond their 'black spectacles'; that is, to see the truth without assumptions as witnesses. During the test - which is also being filmed - ...
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A sinister case of deadly poisoned chocolates from Sodbury Cross's high street shop haunts the group of friends and relatives assembled at Bellegarde, among the orchards of 'peach-fancier' Marcus Chesney. To prove a point about how the sweets could have been poisoned under the nose of the shopkeeper, Chesney stages an elaborate memory game to test whether any of his guests can see beyond their 'black spectacles'; that is, to see the truth without assumptions as witnesses. During the test - which is also being filmed - Chesney is murdered by his accomplice, dressed head to toe in an 'invisible man' disguise. The keen wits of Dr Gideon Fell are called for to crack this brazen and bizarre murder committed in full view of an audience. Also known by its US title The Problem of the Green Capsule, this classic novel is widely regarded as one of John Dickson Carr's masterpieces and remains among the greatest impossible crime mysteries of all time.
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This book was published in the US as "The Problem of the Green Capsule." John Dickson Carr readers may know it as such.
This is a top drawer Gideon Fell murder mystery from the 1930's. Even though Dr. Fell doesn't appear until about halfway through the novel, you get the sense he's already "there" somehow. There are a limited number of suspects which makes the solution more interesting in my opinion.
This is a very good English Country House murder with a good helping of red herrings, misdirections and interesting characters and characterizations. Carr was a really good writer who made his mysteries good reading with just enough humor, in the Gideon Fell and Sir Henry Merrivale books, to lighten the tone a bit for the reader of a murder mystery.
