TheArabianNightsMurder

The Arabian Nights Murder JOHN DICKSON CARR COLLIER BOOKS Macmillan Publishing Company New York Copyright 1936 by John Dickson Can-Copyright renewed 1964 by John Dickson Carr All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher. Macmillan Publishing Company 866 Third Avenue, New York, N.Y.10022 Collier Macmillan Canada, Inc. This edition is published by arrangement with Harper & Row Publishers, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Carr, John Dickson, 1906-1977. The Arabian nights murder. I. Title. PS3505.A763A88 1985 813\52 84-14921 ISBN 0-02-018600-2 (pbk.) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America 1 "You swear by the Beard of the Prophet. Then could not the teller of tales make us a curious story even out of a beard?" —Arabian Nights' Entertainment "I hesitated; and at length a single word, uttered distinctly but slowly, and as i......