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Scandal at High Chimneys

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Scandal At High Chimneys
First edition (US)
AuthorJohn Dickson Carr
Cover artistIrv Docktor
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistorical, Mystery, Detective novel
PublisherHamish Hamilton (UK) & Harper (US)
Publication date
1959
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages230 (1st US)

Scandal at High Chimneys: A Victorian Melodrama is a historical mystery novel by John Dickson Carr. It was published in the US and Canada by Harper & Row in August 1959.

The story is set in London, 1865, and concerns a house called High Chimneys, where secrets are hidden among the household members.

Plot introduction

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Clive Strickland, lawyer and author, was to discover a bewildering and terrifying slice of Victorian life when his friend Victor Damon asked him to visit the family estate. The Damon family home, a vast and formidable mansion, plays host to a multitude of characters. Strange things happen at the Damons': a ghost-like figure threatens; Matthew Damon gets murdered under impossible circumstances, and it takes the brilliance of Jonathan Whicher to solve the tangled puzzle.