Drop to His Death

Drop To His Death (aka Fatal Descent)
Author	John Dickson Carr writing as "Carter Dickson" and John Rhode
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre(s)	Mystery, Detective, Novel
Publisher	Heinemann (UK, first edition) & Dodd (USA)
Publication date	1939
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Preceded by	Death in Five Boxes
Followed by	The Reader is Warned

Drop To His Death (also published under the title Fatal Descent) is a mystery novel by the American writer John Dickson Carr (1906-1977), who published it under the name of Carter Dickson, in collaboration with John Rhode. It is a locked room mystery.

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

v • d • e Sir Henry Merrivale series by John Dickson Carr (writing as Carter Dickson)

Novels:	The Plague Court Murders • The White Priory Murders • The Red Widow Murders • The Unicorn Murders • The Punch and Judy Murders • The Ten Teacups • The Judas Window • Death in Five Boxes • Drop to His Death • The Reader is Warned • And So to Murder • Murder in the Submarine Zone • Seeing is Believing • The Gilded Man • She Died a Lady • He Wouldn't Kill Patience • The Curse of the Bronze Lamp • My Late Wives • The Skeleton in the Clock • A Graveyard To Let • Night at the Mocking Widow • Behind the Crimson Blind • The Cavalier's Cup

Short story collections:	Merrivale, March and Murder