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The Waxworks Murder
First US edition cover
AuthorJohn Dickson Carr
Original titleThe Corpse in the Waxworks
LanguageEnglish
SeriesHenri Bencolin
GenreMystery, Detective novel
PublisherHamish Hamilton (UK) & Harper (USA)
Publication date
1932
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages220 pp (Penguin paperback edition, 1962

The Waxworks Murder, first published in 1932, is a detective story by John Dickson Carr featuring his series detective Henri Bencolin of the Parisian police. This novel is a mystery of the type known as a whodunnit.

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