{"product_id":"the-ten-teacups-9781464253775","title":"The Ten Teacups","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1937, this classic mystery shines on today as one of the great masterpieces of the impossible crime genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There will be ten teacups at number 4, Berwick Terrace, W.8, on Wednesday, July 31st, at 5 p.m. Precisely. The presence of the Metropolitan Police is respectfully requested.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe note was delivered to New Scotland Yard, its words evoking a cold murder case and its unsolved mystery of the ten teacups found beside the body. Scrambling to prevent a second killing, the police set up a watertight cordon at Berwick Terrace. But gunfire rings out from the top floor at 5 p.m. on the 31st, and the corpse of one of the celebrity tenants is found in a locked room, shot twice from behind, a smoking gun by their side and on the table - ten teacups. The killer has vanished into thin air, an impossibility which calls for the masterful sleuth Sir Henry Merrivale to enter the fray.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carter Dickson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Poisoned Pen Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.29w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781464253775\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDickson, Carter:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eCarter Dickson was the pseudonym used by John Dickson Carr (1906-1977) for his books featuring Sir Henry Merrivale. Carr was a hugely popular and prolific author of crime fiction, regarded as one of the finest writers of 'Golden Age' mysteries. Though born in Pennsylvania, USA, Carr developed a distinctly 'British' style to his mystery writing from his time living in England and became one of only two Americans ever admitted to the Detection Club\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Carter Dickson \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47897235554461,"sku":"9781464253775","price":19.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_2fcb0a3f-240d-4ca8-ba18-c50a2772321e.jpg?v=1778004264","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-ten-teacups-9781464253775","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}