Fire, Burn!
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First edition (publ. Harper & Brothers)
Fire, Burn! is a historical mystery novel by John Dickson Carr. It is about a police officer who is transported back in time to 1829[1] when the British police was first formed. Carr considered this one of his best impossible crime novels.
Awards[]
1969 – Grand Prix de Littérature Policière – best foreign novel, tied with The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
Adaptations[]
1971 – Morte a passo di valzer[2] – Italian TV mini-series
References[]
Categories:
- Novels by John Dickson Carr
- 1957 American novels
- Fiction set in 1829
- Historical mystery novels
- Novels set in the 1820s
- Novels set in London
- Novels about time travel
- Locked-room mysteries
- Harper & Brothers books
- American novels adapted into television shows
- 1950s crime novel stubs
- Mystery novel stubs
- 1950s historical novel stubs