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A Graveyard To Let
First edition (US)
AuthorJohn Dickson Carr writing as "Carter Dickson"
LanguageEnglish
SeriesHenry Merrivale
GenreMystery fiction, Detective fiction
PublisherMorrow (US, 1949, first edition)
Heinemann (UK, 1950)
Publication date
1949
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages247 (first US edition)
Preceded byThe Skeleton in the Clock 
Followed byNight at the Mocking Widow 

A Graveyard To Let is a mystery novel by the American writer John Dickson Carr, who published it under the name of Carter Dickson. It is a locked room mystery (or, more properly, a subset of that category known as the "impossible mystery") featuring the series detective Sir Henry Merrivale.

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