Locked-room mystery recommendations

(I want to point out that unlike in the bibliographies, a title in italics here means a single short story.)

Top 15 locked-room-mysteries according to a vote among experts (in order):

J. D. Carr: The three coffins Den ihålige mannen
H. Talbot: Rim of the pit Seans
G. Leroux: Le mystère de la chambre jaune/
The mystery of the yellow room
Gula rummets hemlighet
J. D. Carr: The crooked hinge Det krökta gångjärnet
C. Dickson: The Judas window Det slutna rummet
I. Zangwill: The big Bow mystery Det stora Bow-mysteriet
C. Rawson: Death from a top hat Mord i hög hatt
E. Queen: The Chinese orange mystery Mandarinmysteriet
H. H. Holmes: Nine times nine Bakom lås och bom
C. Dickson: The peacock feather murders De tio tekopparna
E. Queen: The king is dead
H. McCloy: Through a glass, darkly Såsom i en spegel
C. Dickson: He wouldn't kill Patience Listig som en orm
R. Garrett: Too many magicians
J. Sladek: Invisible green I tomma intet

Cornerstones in the same genre according to Swedish critic Johan Wopenka (ordered by publishing date):

E. A. Poe: The murders in the Rue MorgueMorden på Rue Morgue
A. C. Doyle: The speckled bandDet spräckliga bandet
I. Zangwill: The big Bow mystery Det stora Bow-mysteriet
G. Leroux: Le mystère de la chambre jaune/
The mystery of the yellow room
Gula rummets hemlighet
E. Wallace: The four just men De fyra rättvisa männen
C. Wells: The white alley
E. Philpotts: The grey room
H. Winslow/L. Quirk: Into thin air
G. Limnelius: The Medbury Fort murder
E. Jepson/R. Eustace: The tea leaf Tebladet
Nicholas Olde: The invisible weapon
J. D. Carr: Hag's nook Häxgropen
J. D. Carr: The eight of swords Åttan i svärd
J. D. Carr: The burning court Svart sabbat
J. D. Carr: The crooked hinge Det krökta gångjärnet
J. D. Carr: The three coffins Den ihålige mannen
C. Dickson: The Plague Court murders Klockan klämtar för mord
C. Dickson: The peacock feather murders De tio tekopparna
C. Dickson The Judas window Det slutna rummet
C. Dickson/J. Rhode: Drop to his death
C. Rawson Death from a top hat Mord i hög hatt
E. Queen: The Chinese orange mystery Mandarinmysteriet
E. Queen: The lamp of GodTecknet från himlen
M. Porlock: Mysery at Friar's Pardon
W. Irwin: The Julius Ceasar murder case
V. Markham: The devil drives
C. D. King: The curious Mr. Tarrant*
Lord Dunsany: The two bottles of relish
E. Crispin: The case of the gilded fly Ridåfall
H. Brean: Wilders walk away
P. Antony The woman in the wardrobe
D. Smith Whistle up the devil
H. Browne Thin air
R. Garrett: Too many magicians
J. Sladek: Black aura
J. Sladek: Invisible green I tomma intet

Other authors worth checking out for locked-room-mystery fans:

G. K. Chesterton S. H. Adams J. Futrelle
M. D. Post A. Wynne S. S. Van Dine
V. Cornier E. D. Hoch H. Talbot
J. Commings A. Boucher (aka H. H. Holmes)


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