A favourite category of crime story, particularly with Golden Age writers, this particular type of mystery continues to fascinate writers and readers.
There’s a very comprehensive article
on Wikipedia.
A programme on Radio 4 yesterday, Monday 21 May (still available on i-player), took a look at modern incarnations of the genre, interviewing writers like Jasper Fforde, Christopher Fowler, Denise Mina, and French author, Paul Halter, who specialises almost exclusively in locked-room mysteries, inspired by John Dickson Carr, the acknowledged master. One or two of Halter’s books are available in the UK, translated by John Pugmire (try the Book Depository).
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I’ve just read Gaston Leroux’s ‘Le Mystere de la Chambre Jaune’ (yes, I read it in French – it took me ages and much concentration was required), a complicated, clever locked room story which has been voted one of the best of the genre. and is well worth looking out for.