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The White Priory Murders
First US edition dustjacket
AuthorJohn Dickson Carr
writing as Carter Dickson
LanguageEnglish
SeriesHenry Merrivale
GenreMystery
PublisherMorrow (US, 1934)
Heinemann (UK, 1935)
Publication date
1934
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages305 (first US hardback ed)
ISBN0-553-20572-2 (Bantam paperback edition, 1982)
OCLC8256696
Preceded byThe Plague Court Murders 
Followed byThe Red Widow Murders 

The White Priory Murders is a mystery novel by the American writer John Dickson Carr (1906–1977), who published it under the name of Carter Dickson. It is a locked room mystery and features his series detective, Sir Henry Merrivale, assisted by Scotland Yard Inspector Humphrey Masters.

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