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Loved Fictions by Joseph F. Trimmer? Here are 7 books with the same pull, and why each one fits.

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  1. 1The Murders in the Rue Morgue

    The Murders in the Rue Morgue

    Edgar Allan Poe

    This 1841 story is an early locked-room mystery in which an amateur detective solves an impossible killing.

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  2. 2The Big Bow Mystery

    The Big Bow Mystery

    Israel Zangwill

    This 1892 novel builds its plot around a murder in a room that appears sealed from the inside.

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  3. 3The Mystery of the Yellow Room

    The Mystery of the Yellow Room

    Gaston Leroux

    This 1907 French novel is a classic locked-room mystery in which a young reporter investigates an attack in a sealed room.

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  4. 4The Judas Window

    The Judas Window

    John Dickson Carr

    This 1938 novel by Carr features the detective Gideon Fell solving a murder in a room that seems impossible to enter.

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  5. 5The Chinese Orange Mystery

    The Chinese Orange Mystery

    Ellery Queen

    This 1934 novel uses a locked-room death and a detective who reasons through the clues in a tightly structured puzzle.

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  6. 6Death from a Top Hat

    Death from a Top Hat

    Clayton Rawson

    This 1938 novel follows a magician-detective through a murder that happens in a room with no visible way in or out.

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  7. 7The Mysterious Affair at Styles

    The Mysterious Affair at Styles

    Agatha Christie

    This 1920 debut novel introduces Hercule Poirot and a country-house murder solved by careful reasoning about clues and suspects.

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