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The Devil in Velvet
First edition (US)
AuthorJohn Dickson Carr
LanguageEnglish
GenreMystery, Detective fiction, Historical fiction
PublisherHamish Hamilton (UK) & Harper (USA)
Publication date
1951
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages335 (1st US)
ISBN0-88184-328-8 (Carroll & Graf paperback edition, 1987)
OCLC16415074

The Devil in Velvet, first published in 1951, is a detective story by American writer John Dickson Carr. This novel is both a mystery and a historical novel, with elements of the supernatural.

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