Bizarre and Bazaar with HM, and a Night at the Mocking Widow

Night at the Mocking Widow by John Dickson Carr (all his books, including those published as Carter Dickson, are filed under JDC on the blog) published 1950 We've been talking a lot lately about a certain kind of Parish/Village activity:Bazaars, Jumble, Sale of work - againBlogfriend Johan reminded me that there is a church bazaar in Night at the Mocking Widow by Carter Dickson. He said "One woman does dress to be attractive, and that is very popular among the men, except possibly among the priest and visiting bishop who may find her outfit a bit daring…" I have featured this book before Poison Pen: Night at the Mocking Widow by John Dickson Carr And it inspired a whole Poison Pen week back then in 2014. It certainly features the tropes: is it men or women writing them? How much knowledge does the writer have? Can we mark the stamps and catch them? Does the Poison Pen write a letter to their own self? – it’s a real bingo card of mentions. Agatha Christie is always my favourite in this…