About the book: 2024 / The golden age of the detective left many star names - A. Christie, G. K. Chesterton, G. Mitchell, etc. In this bright galaxy, John Dixon Carr (1906–1977) occupies the most honorable place. “Murder in a locked room,” where there is no place for frantic chases and shootouts, and the circle of suspects is as limited as possible, is the author’s favorite plot. Carr draws the reader into a skillful game of cleverly placed traps, false clues, deceptions and subtle hints, and invites him to participate in solving an ingenious puzzle. The novel “The Plague Yard Murders,” which was written in the 1930s under the pseudonym Carter Dixon, opens a series of books about the magnificent Sir Henry Merrivale - a charming, eccentric, eccentric fat man who, according to critics, became one of the most extraordinary detectives in detective literature.