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约翰·狄克森·卡尔 John Dickson Carr（1906-1977），美国宾州联合镇人，父亲是位律师。从高中时代起卡尔就为当地报纸写些运动故事，也尝试创作侦探小说和历史冒险小说。1920年代末卡尔远赴法国巴黎求学，他的第一本小说《夜行者》（It Walks By Night）在1929年出版。他曾经表示：「他们把我送去学校，希望将我教育成像我父亲一样的律师，但我只想写侦探小说。我指的不是那种旷世巨作之类的无聊东西，我的意思是我就是要写侦探小说。」
1931年他与一位英国女子结婚定居英国。在英国期间，卡尔除了创作推理小说外也活跃于广播界。他为BBC编写的推理广播剧“Appointment with Fear”是二次大战期间BBC非常受欢迎的招牌节目。美国军方因而破例让他免赴战场，留在BBC服务盟国人民。1965年卡尔离开英国，移居南卡罗来纳州格里维尔，在那里定居直到1977年过世。
卡尔曾获得美国推理小说界的最高荣耀──终身大师奖，并成为英国极具权威却也极端封闭的「推理俱乐部」成员（只有两名美国作家得以进入，另一位是派翠西亚．海史密斯Patricia Highsmith）。卡尔擅长设计复杂的密谋，生动营造出超自然的诡异氛围，让人有置身其中之感。他书中的人物常在不可思议的情况下消失无踪，或是在密室身亡，而他总能揭开各种诡计，提出合理的解答。他毕生写了约80本小说，创造出各种「不可能的犯罪」，为他赢得「密室之王」的美誉。著名的推理小说家兼评论家埃德蒙．克里斯宾（Edmund Crispin）就推崇他：「论手法之精微高妙和气氛的营造技巧，他确可跻身英语系国家继爱伦坡之后三、四位最伟大的推理小说作家之列。」
作者简介：
约翰·狄克森·卡尔 John Dickson Carr（1906-1977），美国宾州联合镇人，父亲是位律师。从高中时代起卡尔就为当地报纸写些运动故事，也尝试创作侦探小说和历史冒险小说。1920年代末卡尔远赴法国巴黎求学，他的第一本小说《夜行者》（It Walks By Night）在1929年出版。他曾经表示：「他们把我送去学校，希望将我教育成像我父亲一样的律师，但我只想写侦探小说。我指的不是那种旷世巨作之类的无聊东西，我的意思是我就是要写侦探小说。」
1931年他与一位英国女子结婚定居英国。在英国期间，卡尔除了创作推理小说外也活跃于广播界。他为BBC编写的推理广播剧“Appointment with Fear”是二次大战期间BBC非常受欢迎的招牌节目。美国军方因而破例让他免赴战场，留在BBC服务盟国人民。1965年卡尔离开英国，移居南卡罗来纳州格里维尔，在那里定居直到1977年过世。
卡尔曾获得美国推理小说界的最高荣耀──终身大师奖，并成为英国极具权威却也极端封闭的「推理俱乐部」成员（只有两名美国作家得以进入，另一位是派翠西亚．海史密斯Patricia Highsmith）。卡尔擅长设计复杂的密谋，生动营造出超自然的诡异氛围，让人有置身其中之感。他书中的人物常在不可思议的情况下消失无踪，或是在密室身亡，而他总能揭开各种诡计，提出合理的解答。他毕生写了约80本小说，创造出各种「不可能的犯罪」，为他赢得「密室之王」的美誉。著名的推理小说家兼评论家埃德蒙．克里斯宾（Edmund Crispin）就推崇他：「论手法之精微高妙和气氛的营造技巧，他确可跻身英语系国家继爱伦坡之后三、四位最伟大的推理小说作家之列。」
目录：
序言··········································································································································1
第一部 阿拉伯之夜的爱尔兰人 巡官约翰·卡鲁瑟陈述
第一章 消失的髯须·················································································································9
第二章 哈伦·拉希德的妻子··································································································20
第三章 博物馆内的尸体·······································································································33
第四章 非有一具尸体不可···································································································47
第五章 匕首玻璃柜之钥·······································································································60
第六章 同舟共济的朋友·······································································································71
第七章 踢头盔的警察···········································································································84
第八章 苏贝蒂灵柩是空棺···································································································98
第二部 阿拉伯之夜的英格兰人 助理警务暑长赫伯·阿姆斯特朗爵士陈述
第九章 伊林渥斯博士扮演阿里巴巴·················································································117
第十章 魔法开演·················································································································129
第十一章 狰狞的盖博先生·································································································141
第十二章 从电梯内部向外窥视·························································································153
第十三章 十一项要点·········································································································167
第十四章 食谱的秘密·········································································································182
第十五章 来自伊拉克的秘密·····························································································196
第十六章 首度登场亮相·····································································································213
第十七章 十一项疑点，十一位嫌犯·················································································229
第三部 阿拉伯之夜的苏格兰人 总探长大卫·海德雷陈述
第十八章 夜幕已去，但凶手的面纱仍在·········································································249
第十九章 窃取匕首的人····································································································260
第二十章 箭头状的钥匙·····································································································274
第二十一章 镜子上的印痕································································································290
第二十二章 蜜丽安·韦德到访地窖的原因········································································302
第二十三章 破案之胜利荣冠····························································································317
第二十四章 不在场证明····································································································335
结语······································································································································344
