The Department of Queer Complaints Author:Carter Dickson This compiliation of 7 short stories features Colonel March, head of D-3, the department at Scotland Yard that deals with "queer complaints and queerer people." D-3 deals in strange incidents that may or may not be serious crimes, and often includes impossible murders. — The stories in this book include: — The New Invisible Man in which a man witn... more »esses a disembodied hand fire a gun at a man in a brightly lit room in the building across the street.
The Footprint In The Sky in which the only snowy footprints going to and coming from the cottage of a woman attacked for her valuables were obviously made by a young woman who couldn't really have done the deed.
The Crime In Nobody's Room in which a man wakes up in a room similar to his and finds a body, but afterwards the room has disappeared.
Hot Money in which stolen loot is hidden in plain sight.
Death In The Dressing Room in which a dancer is slain and the most obvious suspects have perfect alibis.
The Silver Curtain in which a man is stabbed alone in a cul de sac with no one near him except one witness who couldn't have done it.
Error at Daybreak in which a man is seen to be killed alone out on a breakwater surrounded by ocean.« less
While some of the stories are familiar and Colonel March is not an indispensable character in any of them, they are quick to get through and important to Carr's fans. The stories range from excellent (in two cases) to bearable (in two case).