Drop to His Death

Drop To His Death (aka Fatal Descent)

First US edition
Author	John Dickson Carr writing as "Carter Dickson" and John Rhode
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre	Mystery fiction, Detective fiction
Publisher	Heinemann (UK, first edition) & Dodd (USA)
Publication date	1939
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Preceded by	Death in Five Boxes
Followed by	The Reader is Warned

Drop To His Death (also published under the title Fatal Descent) is a mystery novel by the American writer John Dickson Carr (1906-1977), who published it under the name of Carter Dickson, in collaboration with John Rhode. It is a locked room mystery.

A businessman dies in an elevator in such a way that it seems as though no one could have committed the murder.