He Wouldn't Kill Patience

He Wouldn't Kill Patience
First edition (US)
AuthorJohn Dickson Carr writing as "Carter Dickson"
LanguageEnglish
SeriesHenry Merrivale
GenreMystery, Detective fiction
PublisherMorrow (US, 1944)
Heinemann (UK, 1944)
Publication date
1944
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages217 (first US edition)
Preceded byShe Died A Lady 
Followed byThe Curse of the Bronze Lamp 

He Wouldn't Kill Patience is a mystery novel by the American writer John Dickson Carr, who published it under the name of Carter Dickson.:157 It is a locked room mystery and features the series detective Sir Henry Merrivale and his long-time associate, Scotland Yard's Chief Inspector Humphrey Masters.:41