Dr. Gideon Fell series
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The Dr. Gideon Fell series is a collection of classic Golden Age detective novels by John Dickson Carr, featuring the eccentric, scholarly sleuth Dr. Gideon Fell solving intricate locked-room and impossible-crime mysteries.
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| Dr. Gideon Fell series canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Gideon Fell series Context triple: [Collins Crime Club, notableSeriesPublished, Dr. Gideon Fell series]
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The Mystery Series
The Mystery Series is a classic set of British children's detective novels by Enid Blyton, following a group of young sleuths as they solve puzzling crimes and mysteries.
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B.
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is a gothic horror novel by H. P. Lovecraft about a young man’s obsession with his necromancer ancestor and the dark secrets he uncovers in Providence, Rhode Island.
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C.
Roy Grace series
The Roy Grace series is a popular set of British crime novels by Peter James, following Detective Superintendent Roy Grace as he investigates complex and often dark criminal cases, primarily set in and around Brighton.
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D.
Hector Cross series
The Hector Cross series is a set of contemporary action-thriller novels by Wilbur Smith featuring ex-SAS operative and security specialist Hector Cross in high-stakes, international adventures.
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E.
Women's Murder Club series
The Women's Murder Club series is a popular crime thriller book franchise co-created by James Patterson that follows a group of women professionals in San Francisco who team up to solve complex murder cases.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Gideon Fell series Target entity description: The Dr. Gideon Fell series is a collection of classic Golden Age detective novels by John Dickson Carr, featuring the eccentric, scholarly sleuth Dr. Gideon Fell solving intricate locked-room and impossible-crime mysteries.
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A.
The Mystery Series
The Mystery Series is a classic set of British children's detective novels by Enid Blyton, following a group of young sleuths as they solve puzzling crimes and mysteries.
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B.
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is a gothic horror novel by H. P. Lovecraft about a young man’s obsession with his necromancer ancestor and the dark secrets he uncovers in Providence, Rhode Island.
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C.
Roy Grace series
The Roy Grace series is a popular set of British crime novels by Peter James, following Detective Superintendent Roy Grace as he investigates complex and often dark criminal cases, primarily set in and around Brighton.
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D.
Hector Cross series
The Hector Cross series is a set of contemporary action-thriller novels by Wilbur Smith featuring ex-SAS operative and security specialist Hector Cross in high-stakes, international adventures.
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E.
Women's Murder Club series
The Women's Murder Club series is a popular crime thriller book franchise co-created by James Patterson that follows a group of women professionals in San Francisco who team up to solve complex murder cases.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Golden Age detective fiction
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detective fiction series ⓘ novel series ⓘ |
| author | John Dickson Carr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReputation | classic of locked-room mystery form ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Dr. Gideon Fell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Hag’s Nook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1933 ⓘ |
| genre |
detective fiction
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mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasWork |
Below Suspicion
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dark of the Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ Death Turns the Tables NERFINISHED ⓘ Death-Watch NERFINISHED ⓘ Fell and Foul Play NERFINISHED ⓘ Hag’s Nook NERFINISHED ⓘ He Who Whispers NERFINISHED ⓘ In Spite of Thunder NERFINISHED ⓘ The Blind Barber NERFINISHED ⓘ The Case of the Constant Suicides NERFINISHED ⓘ The Crooked Hinge NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dead Man’s Knock NERFINISHED ⓘ The Demoniacs NERFINISHED ⓘ The Eight of Swords NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ghost’s High Noon NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hollow Man NERFINISHED ⓘ The House at Satan’s Elbow NERFINISHED ⓘ The Mad Hatter Mystery NERFINISHED ⓘ The Man Who Could Not Shudder NERFINISHED ⓘ The Problem of the Green Capsule NERFINISHED ⓘ The Red Widow Murders NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sleeping Sphinx NERFINISHED ⓘ Till Death Do Us Part NERFINISHED ⓘ To Wake the Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later impossible-crime writers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Golden Age of Detective Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation |
criminologist
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scholar ⓘ |
| mainDetectiveDescription | eccentric and scholarly sleuth ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | puzzle-plot mysteries ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex fair-play clueing
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elaborate locked-room solutions ⓘ |
| publisher |
Hamish Hamilton
NERFINISHED
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William Morrow and Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | primarily England ⓘ |
| subgenre |
impossible crime fiction
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locked-room mystery ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStories | 20th century ⓘ |
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