The Man Who Wasn't Afraid

The golden age of detective fiction gave us many star names. The works of authors such as Agatha Christie, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Earl Stanley Gardner, and Rex Stout developed and refined the detective genre; their novels, unequivocally recognized as classics, are still beloved by readers today and serve as a benchmark of quality for subsequent generations of detective story authors.

An honorable place in this pantheon rightfully belongs to John Dickson Carr (1906–1977) — a virtuoso master of perfectly constructed "impossible crimes in a locked room." In 1933, in the novel "The Witch's Cabin," John Dickson Carr first introduced the public to the amateur sleuth Dr. Gideon Fell. "The Man Who Wasn't Afraid" (1940) — the twelfth story in the adventures of the ingenious detective.

It is no surprise if strange or, moreover, mysterious events occur in an old estate, the nature of which is so pleasant to debate by the warmly crackling fireplace in the local pub. But if the story of a mysterious death under chilling circumstances becomes a reason for purchasing a fateful property — it seems that there is indeed some mystery involved.