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Zolotoy vek detektiva podaril nam mnozhestvo zvezdnyh imen. Proizvedeniya takih pisateley, kak Agata Kristi, Gilbert Chesterton, Erl Stenli Gardner, Reks Staut, razvivali i sovershenstvovali detektivnyy zhanr, ih romany, bezogovorochno priznannye klassikoy, po sey den' lyubimy chitatelyami i yavlyayutsya etalonom kachestva dlya posleduyushchih pokoleniy avtorov detektivnyh istoriy. Pochetnoe mesto v etoy pleyade po pravu prinadlezhit Dzhonu Diksonu Karru (1906–1977) — virtuoznomu masteru ideal'no postroennyh «nevozmozhnyh prestupleniy v zapertoy komnate». Roman «Vosem' mechey» prodolzhaet seriyu knig o syshchike-lyubitele doktore Gideone Felle. Vneshnost' geroya, predpolozhitel'no, byla spisana s drugogo korifeya detektivnogo zhanra — Gilberta Chestertona, a ego zaslugi v istorii detektivnogo zhanra, po mneniyu bol'shinstva pochitateley tvorchestva Karra, poistine vyzyvayut uvazhenie. Tak, pisatel' Kingsli Emis v svoem esse «Moi lyubimye syshchiki» nazval doktora Fella «odnim iz trekh velikih preemnikov Sherloka Holmsa».