The Arabian Nights Murder
 First US edition | |
| Author | John Dickson Carr |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | Gideon Fell |
| Genre | Mystery, Detective novel |
| Publisher | Hamish Hamilton (UK) & Harper (USA) |
Publication date | 1936 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 317 pp (Collier Books, paperback edition, 1985) |
| ISBN | 0-02-018600-2 (Collier Books, paperback edition, 1985) |
| OCLC | 10949532 |
| 813/.52 19 | |
| LC Class | PS3505.A763 A88 1985 |
| Preceded by | The Hollow Man (1935) |
| Followed by | To Wake the Dead (1938) |
The Arabian Nights Murder, first published in 1936, is a detective story by John Dickson Carr featuring his series detective Gideon Fell. This novel is a mystery of the type known as a whodunnit.
Plot summary
When Scotland Yard detective John Carruthers attends the Wade Museum of Oriental Art, and begins to investigate the interior of one of a series of carriages on exhibit, he is sarcastically told by the night watchman "Watch out when you touch it! There's a dead man inside!" Of course, a dead man tumbles out. The corpse has been stabbed with an elaborate Persian dagger, is wearing an obvious set of false whiskers, and is clutching a cookbook. Gideon Fell must investigate the death and explain all the bizarre circumstances of what was a very busy night at the museum.