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📘 The Burning Court by John Dickson Carr

John Dickson Carr’s classic mystery centers on the death of Miles Despard and the baffling evidence that suggests supernatural or time‑based interference. Witnesses claim to see a woman walk through a wall, and a door once bricked up two centuries ago appears to have been breached. The case defies conventional explanation, maintaining the mystery’s suspense and keeping readers questioning whether the impossible truly occurs.

First publish date: 1937

Genre: Suspense/Supernatural Suspense

Authors: John Dickson Carr

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