mysteries that take place in a "sealed room"

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I wonder if there is a listing of plots that utilize the "event that occurs in the sealed room." I know of the sherlock holmes mystery where the snake crawls down the rope and returns after poisoning the person. What other "takes" on this are there? Is there a listing by plot I could see?

― Chip Ammerman, Tuesday, 27 April 2004 14:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Bizarrely I was reading "The Mystery of the Speckled Band" yesterday, after having the book in my posession for two years.

I'm pretty certain there's one or two in the Father Brown mysteries.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 15:09 (twenty-one years ago)

John Dickson Carr (also wrote as Carter Dickson) specialized in the "locked room" mystery. I don't remember titles (it's been years since I read him) but he used that device all the time.

― Not That Chuck, Tuesday, 27 April 2004 16:21 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.mysterylist.com/lockedrm.htm
http://www.thrillingdetective.com/trivia/triv171.html
http://hem.passagen.se/orange/roomlist.htm

You'll note Carr figures prominently in these lists.

― Rabin the Cat (Rabin the Cat), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 18:51 (twenty-one years ago)

hmmm. i wonder if New York trilogy counts here?

― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 21:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Agatha Christie's first, "The Mysterious Affair at Styles", is a classic locked-room mystery (though one I haven't been able to finish...).

― ww (wwhyte), Friday, 30 April 2004 03:01 (twenty-one years ago)

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Agatha Christie.

― Fred, Friday, 30 April 2004 15:50 (twenty-one years ago)

And also They Do It With Mirrors by Agatha Christie, if I remember correctly.

― Fred, Friday, 30 April 2004 17:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Wikipedia on locked room mysteries

― Fred, Friday, 30 April 2004 17:28 (twenty-one years ago)

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