The golden age of detective fiction gave us many famous names. The works of writers such as Agatha Christie, Gilbert Chesterton, Earl Stanley Gardner, Rex Stout developed and refined the detective genre; their novels, firmly recognized as classics, are still loved by readers and serve as a benchmark for later generations of authors of detective stories. A well-deserved special place in this constellation belongs to John Dixon Carr (1906–1977)—a virtuoso of perfectly constructed “impossible crimes in a locked room.” In the novel “Murder in the Atlantic,” we’ll meet the charming and eccentric Sir Henry again—according to critics, one of the most unusual detectives in detective literature.