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John Rhode
Books in Order: 66 titles
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Death Travels First
Death Travels First is a detective story by John Rhode, a writer known for his logical and carefully constructed mysteries. The story takes place during a train journey where several passengers share the same compartment. At first everything seems or...
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Death at the Helm
Death at the Helm (1941) is a Golden Age detective novel featuring recurring amateur sleuth, Dr. Lancelot Priestley, where Inspector Waghorn investigates the poisoning of two people on a grounded motor cruiser, a complex "howdunnit" rich in bota...
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The Vanishing Diary
The Vanishing Diary (1961) by John Rhode (Miles Burton) is the last installment in the Dr. Lancelot Priestley series, featuring Superintendent Jimmy Waghorn. The plot centers on a family dispute over a historic diary, locked in a double-sealed box, w...
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Death in Wellington Road
After a man is found gassed to death in a Cornish coastal resort, Superintendent Jimmy Waghorn takes up the case with the long-distance assistance of his mentor Doctor Priestley in London. Priestley is able to cast doubt on the police's view that the...
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The House on Tollard Ridge
The House on Tollard Ridge is one of the early and most atmospheric mysteries featuring Dr. Lancelot Priestley, the brilliant and imperturbable armchair detective created by John Rhode (pseudonym of Cecil John Charles Street). A master of rational de...
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In the Face of the Verdict
After the inquest that the death of Major Walter Bedworthy was an accident due to drowning, his friend summons in Priestley due to his belief that it was in fact murder. This proves to be the case when the dead man's brother is also found drowned a f...
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Nothing But The Truth
The wealthy Henry Watlington mysteriously disappears after an evening out, after his chauffeur is too drunk to drive him home, and shortly afterwards his body is found hidden in an AA Phone box by the side of the road. Jimmy Waghorn is assigned to th...
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Open Verdict
There was motive enough for the murder of Fred Dunstable, but when Inspector 'Jimmy' Waghorn is sent down to the little village of Cradwell to investigate his death, he finds it difficult to be satisfied with any of the solutions offered by the local...
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The Case of Constance Kent
In a little village in Somerset a small boy was murdered in mysterious circumstances, and suspicion centred on many persons, one after another. Jonathan Whicher, one of the greatest of Scotland Yard detectives, was sent down to unravel the mystery. F...
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Death of a Bridegroom
In Death of a Bridegroom, Inspector Jimmy Waghorn investigates the death of a man found hanging in his workshop on the morning of his wedding day. Initially, the death is believed a suicide, but doubts begin to arise and Dr. Priestley is brought in t...
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The Elm Tree Murder
A forger is at work, arranging for rich people to be robbed and then cashing cheques before the victim catches on. The Reverend Frank Lextable is crushed by a falling branch from an elm tree. Is the death linked to the forgery? Was it murder or an ac...
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The Fatal Pool
In The Fatal Pool, prolific Golden Age author John Rhode (pen�'name of Cecil J. C. Street) presents one of his late yet still compelling cases featuring the brilliant arm�'chair detective Dr. Lancelot Priestley. At Framby Hall, Colonel Gayton h...
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Murder at Lilac Cottage
In a largely peaceful village in England during the early stages of the Second World War the body of the young man who owns Lilac Cottage is found dead. The only clue that the investigating officers of Scotland Yard can find is a five pound not...
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Tragedy at the Unicorn
A party of five yachtsmen check-in one late summer Sunday evening at the Unicorn, an old-fashioned country hotel on the south coast of England. A sixth guest, Dr Victor Grinling, known to the group, is also in residence. The next morning Dr Grinling'...
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The Claverton Mystery
The Claverton Mystery by John Rhode is a gripping addition to the Dr. Priestley series, plunging the reader into a puzzle surrounding the death of an elderly man found under mysterious circumstances in the secluded village of Claverton. With the astu...
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Dr. Priestley's Quest. Dr. Priestley Mystery
Dr. Priestley's Quest by John Rhode introduces readers to Dr. Lancelot Priestley as he tackles one of his most challenging cases. The story begins with a mysterious disappearance, leading Priestley into a maze of deceit, hidden motives, and unexpecte...
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In Face of the Verdict
In Face of the Verdict by John Rhode is a gripping Dr. Priestley mystery that unravels a complex murder case shrouded in conflicting testimonies and hidden motives. The story begins with a seemingly straightforward crime: a man is found dead under un...
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The Venner Crime. Dr. Priestley Mystery
The Venner Crime by John Rhode is a thrilling installment in the Dr. Priestley mystery series, set in the realm of rural English suspense. When a prominent local man, Venner, is discovered dead under suspicious circumstances, Dr. Priestley steps in t...
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The Murders in Praed Street
The story revolves around the mysterious murder of Mr. James Tovey, a well-known greengrocer, followed by another death in the same area. The narrative introduces various characters, including Mr. Tovey's daughter Ivy, and the herbalist Mr. Elmer Lud...
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Death Takes a Partner
In Death Takes a Partner, John Rhode presents another compelling entry in his distinguished Dr. Lancelot Priestley detective series. The story begins when the once�'stable partnership of the Cheriton Engineering Works is shattered by tragedy: ...
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Dr. Priestley Investigates
One rainy November evening, Thomas Awdrey is pulled in for drunken driving in Lenhaven. It is only on further examination of the vehicle that the police realise that the very drunk Awdrey has a passenger who is dead. A more thorough examination leads...
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Peril at Cranbury Hall
A shady operator is targeted for death and needs help from a professor with an "uncanny ability to ferret out the truth" (The New York Times). An expert in alternative medicine is creating a clinic in Cranbury Hall that promises to cu...
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Tragedy on the Line
A body on the tracks and a pair of missing wills have Dr. Priestley puzzled . . . Gervase Wickenden's estate is close to a railroad line -- and that's where his mangled body is found after an unfortunate meeting with a ...
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The Venner Crime
The "astute and sharp-spoken" crime-solving professor must find out if a missing man got away with murder (The New York Times). After some initial suspicion, the death of Ernest Venner's wealthy uncle was attributed to natural causes ...
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Blackthorn House
A man's car is impounded as a stolen vehicle -- but that's not the worst of it -- in this classic British mystery starring a "tartly logical professor" (The New York Times). Kenneth Winslow's company has sold a car to his nephew, Noel...
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Death on the Boat Train
A passenger in a private compartment on the boat train from Southampton to London Waterloo is found dead with a needle puncture in is back. He had travelled on Guernsey on a channel&#x...
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The Fatal Garden
When Pauline Clobury is found murdered in the dark and the rain near the gate of Prior's Farm, suspicion centers on her young husband whom she plans to divorce. But when a new development occurs at the greenhouse of the same estate, both Superintende...
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Licensed for Murder
''Licensed for Murder'' concerns the new managers of an English country inn, who, during the inn's renovation, discover the grisly, burned remains of a man behind corrugated sheeting in the inn's main fireplace. With the man's identity impossible to ...
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Murder at Derivale
Murder at Derivale is a classic British detective novel by John Rhode, featuring the brilliant and analytical Dr. Lancelot Priestley. First published in the golden age of detective fiction, the novel combines tightly plotted mystery with Rhode's trad...
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The Mysterious Suspect
In The Mysterious Suspect, wealthy industrialist Peter Horningtoft is found dead in his study after apparently drinking poison from a bottle sent to him as a rheumatism treatment. Jimmy Waghorn is called in and blunders through the case ini...
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The Robthorne Mystery
In The Robthorne Mystery, John Rhode presents a complex case for Dr. Priestley, who must unravel the circumstances surrounding a mysterious death in a quiet English village. When Harold Robthorne is found dead, the initial assumption is suicide, but ...
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Invisible Weapons
A classic crime novel by one of the most highly regarded exponents of the genre.The murder of old Mr Fransham while washing his hands in his niece's cloakroom was one of the most astounding problems that ever confronted Scotland Yard. Not only was th...
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The Paddington Mystery
The Paddington Mystery by John Rhode is a classic detective story featuring Dr. Lancelot Priestley, a logical and methodical investigator known for his keen problem-solving skills. The story begins with a puzzling death that unfolds into a complex ca...
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Mystery at Olympia
In Mystery at Olympia, Dr. Priestley faces an intricate puzzle set in the bustling atmosphere of London's Olympia Exhibition Hall. When a man is mysteriously found dead among the crowd, the initial investigation by the police points to natural causes...
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Death at Breakfast
A classic winter's crime novel by one of the most highly regarded exponents of the genre. Victor Harleston awoke with uncharacteristic optimism. Today he would be rich at last. Half an hour later, he gulped down his breakfast coffee and pitched to...
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The Bloody Tower
The crumbling Farningcote Priory has been the home of the Glapthorne family for generations. In the grounds stand a tower, built as a folly during the eighteenth century which seems to have a strange, almost mystical power over the ...
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Death Sits on the Board
At his residence in Beckenham in Kent on the outskirts of London, Sir Andrew Wiggenhall the chairman of the board of directors of a large firm of ironmongers is killed by an explosion that largely...
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Dr. Priestley Lays a Trap
During an overnight thousand mile motor rally an accident to one of the cars leads to the death of the two occupants. The local police are far from convinced that everything is above board and call in Scotland Yard. Inspector Hanslet leads the ...
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The Harvest Murder
The novel takes place in rural Kent during the hop-picking season. A burglary takes place and the complex circumstances surrounding it led to Sergeant Wragge of the local force calling in Scotland Yard. It is only through the ...
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Mystery at Greycombe Farm
The low, graystone buildings of Greycombe Farm were the very embodiment of peace and security. Nothing ever disturbed the general air of tranquility so typical of a West Country farm until -- one memorable night -- fire broke out in Farmer Jim's ...
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The Claverton Affair
First published in the US in 1933. Priestley goes to visit his friend Sir John Claverton at his gloomy house, and shortly afterwards hears that he has died. The dead man's doctor is not convinced it was a natural death, and evidence o...
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Death in Harley Street
An "extremely clever" mystery about a doctor who appears to have fatally injected himself and a dinner party devoted to detection (The Saturday Review). Dr. Richard Mawsley was a happy man and a careful man. So how and why did the Har...
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Death at the Inn
Book cover comes from the original 1953 dust jacket edition. Here Waghorn, newly returned from his honeymoon and sufficiently disinclined to be away from home, is faced with the task of investigating the death of Henry Bailey, found dead at Waterlo...
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Death of an Author
Nigel Ebbfleet, an author who after many years of effort has finally produced a successful book, settles down to live in a country cottage brought by the royalties of his hit work. However, his rural peace is shattered when he is killed in an explosi...
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Body Unidentified
Mr. Wedgwood was puzzled. It was odd, he thought, as he looked from his bedroom window, that someone should leave a large closed car in the middle of his front yard, but what confused him even more was the shimmering brilliance it seemed to assume as...
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The Elusive Bullet
The Elusive Bullet by John Rhode is a finely crafted Golden Age detective story that showcases the author's hallmark precision, ingenuity, and methodical approach to crime-solving. Featuring the meticulous Dr. Lancelot Priestley, one of classic detec...