Drop to His Death

Drop to His Death
Drop To His Death (aka Fatal Descent)  
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1st US edition
Author(s) John Dickson Carr writing as "Carter Dickson" and John Rhode
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre(s) Mystery, Detective, Novel
Publisher Heinemann (UK, first edition) & Dodd (USA)
Publication date 1939
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Preceded by Death in Five Boxes
Followed by The Reader is Warned

Drop To His Death (also published under the title Fatal Descent) is a mystery novel by the American writer John Dickson Carr (1906-1977), who published it under the name of Carter Dickson, in collaboration with John Rhode. It is a locked room mystery.

Plot summary

A businessman dies in an elevator in such a way that it seems as though no one could have committed the murder.


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