The Reader is Warned

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Death in Five Boxes
Author	John Dickson Carr writing as "Carter Dickson"
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Series	Henry Merrivale
Genre(s)	Mystery, Detective, Novel
Publisher	Morrow (US, 1939) Heinemann (UK, 1939, first edition)
Publication date	1939
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Preceded by	Drop to His Death
Followed by	And So To Murder

The Reader is Warned is a mystery novel by the American writer John Dickson Carr (1906-1977), who published it under the name of Carter Dickson. It is a whodunnit and features the series detective Sir Henry Merrivale.

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Sir Henry Merrivale must solve an impossible crime when a man dies in his home in such a way that it seems no one could have been sufficiently close to him to have committed 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