In 'Castle Skull', John Dickson Carr presents another ingenious locked-room mystery, steeped in the same haunting atmosphere as his macabre classic 'It Walks by Night'. The great magician, Maleger, has bought Schloss Schadel (Castle Skull) on the Rhine and has transformed it into a fitting abode for...

In 'Castle Skull', John Dickson Carr presents another ingenious locked-room mystery, steeped in the same haunting atmosphere as his macabre classic 'It Walks by Night'. The great magician, Maleger, has bought Schloss Schadel (Castle Skull) on the Rhine and has transformed it into a fitting abode for his stage persona, replete with all the trappings of gothic romance.When a man is seen atop the battlements, running aflame and then plunging to his doom, the forboding reputation of the Castle seems to have become reality. And when Maleger himself is found drowned in the great river, Inspector Bencolin is sent to investigate.