(DONE) Please correct the description

[Irene]

Hello,
This is regarding The Judas Window by Carter Dixon (linked here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...)

The description is currently a spanish description of a book in good condition, and I noticed that this is what Amazon currently has as the description as well.

The correct description should be the following (which is what used to be listed on Amazon):

John Dickson Carr, writing as Carter Dickson, offers what critics have called the best locked room mystery of all time.

Only young James Answell could have committed the murder. After all, he was found unconscious in the locked room next to the body of the murdered man. His clothes were disheveled from an apparent struggle. The whiskey decanter containing the liquor he said was used to knock him out was full to the brim. All the glasses on the table were clean. His fingerprints were found on the murder weapon, an arrow from the victim's collection. Furthermore, he was heard arguing with the dead man, whose daughter he wished to marry. Just about everyone is convinced that James is headed for a date with the hangman.

Everyone except for Sir Henry Merrivale, H.M. to his friends and associates. He's convinced that the real murderer used a "Judas window" to commit the crime. Pay no attention to the architects who designed the building, H.M. insists. In fact, he says, you'll find a Judas window in practically every room. "The trouble is that so few people ever notice it."

First published in 1938, The Judas Window is considered by many to be the best locked room mystery of all time. Carter Dickson is, of course, the pseudonym of John Dickson Carr, the universally acknowledged grandmaster of the form.


I have verified that this is the same as the back cover of this edition, and can add a photo of it to my photos if needed. Here is an image of the back of the book with the ISBN visible: https://i.etsystatic.com/10789595/r/i...

Thank you!

[Javier]

Description updated, praise removed.

[Irene]

I understand if you don't want to include the first paragraph but can you add in the last paragraph that mentions the year of publication and the pen name? Every other edition of this book seems to have some element of "praise" in the description and I don't think it's necessary to delete it from every description. It is simply a part of the book description as presented by the publisher.

Thank you.

[Irene]

Bump - can the last paragraph in the description be added to the book description so it isn't just a partial description? If it breaks GR policy to add it, can someone point me to where/why? Many, many books on GR have the full description from Amazon or the back of the book on GR.

For example, the last book I read (Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith) says "The inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1951 film, Strangers on a Train launched Highsmith on a prolific career of noir fiction, proving her a master at depicting the unsettling forces that tremble beneath the surface of everyday contemporary life" in its description on its GR page.

Thank you.