Fire, Burn! is a historical mystery novel by John Dickson Carr. It is about a police officer who is transported back in time to 1829 [1] when the British police was first formed. Carr considered this one of his best impossible crime novels.
1969 – Grand Prix de Littérature Policière – best foreign novel, tied with The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
1971 – Morte a passo di valzer
[2] – Italian TV mini-series
BBC produced a radio play adaptation of the novel.
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Fire, Burn! is a historical mystery novel by John Dickson Carr. It is about a police officer who is transported back in time to 1829 [1] when the British police was first formed. Carr considered this one of his best impossible crime novels.
1969 – Grand Prix de Littérature Policière – best foreign novel, tied with The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
1971 – Morte a passo di valzer
[2] – Italian TV mini-series
BBC produced a radio play adaptation of the novel.
[3]