Auteur: John Rhode

A unique anthology for crime aficionados – seven of the world’s most notorious genuine murder mysteries retold by the most accomplished classic crime writers of their generation.A manipulative murder …

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 …

The next time you visit Olympia, take a good look around and see if you think it would be possible to murder someone in the middle of the crowd there without being seen.The new Comet was fully expect …

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 …

A special release of the very first crime novel by John Rhode, introducing Dr Priestley, the genius detective who would go on to appear in more than 70 bestselling crime novels during the Golden Age. …

Despite starting out life as an officer in the British army, Cecil Street went on to become a successful author of detective fiction. His most famous crime-solver, Dr. Priestly, featured in almost fi …

With “a touch of genius, ” this round-robin mystery follow-up to The Floating Admiral features famous detectives including Lord Peter Wimsey (The Times Literary Supplement).   Follow …

It’s “great fun” when a baker’s dozen of Golden Age authors collaborate on a whodunit—including Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and G. K. Chesterton (The G …

Death on the Boat Train, first published in 1940, is book no. 32 in the series of mysteries featuring private detective Dr. Priestley and Scotland Yard’s Superintendent Hanslet and Inspector Jimmy Wa …

Death Sits on the Board, first published in 1937 (and published in the UK as Death on the Board) is part of the series of mysteries featuring private detective Dr. Priestley. Author John Rhode, a pen …

Licensed for Murder, first published in 1958, is part of the series of mysteries featuring private detective Dr. Priestley. Author John Rhode, a pen name of Cecil Street (1884-1964), was a prolific w …

Murder at Derivale, first published in 1958, is book no. 66 in the Dr. Priestley detective story series. Author John Rhode, a pen name of Cecil Street (1884-1964), was a prolific writer of mostly det …

The Fatal Garden, first published in 1949, is book no. 49 in the series of mysteries featuring private detective Dr. Priestley and Scotland Yard’s Superintendent Waghorn. Author John Rhode, a pen nam …

The Harvest Murder, first published in 1937 (and also published under the title Death in the Hop Fields) is part of the series of mysteries featuring private detective Dr. Priestley. Author John Rhod …

The Mysterious Suspect, first published in 1953 (and also known by the title By Registered Post), is part of the series of mysteries featuring private detective Dr. Priestley. Author John Rhode, a pe …

The Robthorne Mystery, first published in 1934, is part of the series of mysteries featuring private detective Dr. Priestley. Author John Rhode, a pen name of Cecil Street (1884-1964), was a prolific …

Body Unidentified, first published in 1938 (and published in the UK under the title Proceed with Caution), is part of the series of mysteries featuring private detective Dr. Priestley. Author John Rh …

Death of a Bridegroom, first published in 1957, is part of the series of mysteries featuring private detective Dr. Priestley. Author John Rhode, a pen name of Cecil Street (1884-1964), was a prolific …

Death Takes a Partner, first published in 1958, is part of the series of mysteries featuring private detective Dr. Priestley. Author John Rhode, a pen name of Cecil Street (1884-1964), was a prolific …

Experiment in Crime first published in 1947 (published in the U.K. as Nothing but the Truth), is book no. 44 in the Dr. Priestley detective story series. Author John Rhode, a pen name of Cecil Street …

In Face of the Verdict, first published in 1936, is part of the series of mysteries featuring private detective Dr. Priestley. Author John Rhode, a pen name of Cecil Street (1884-1964), was a prolifi …

Murder at the Motor Show first published in 1935 (published in the U.K. as Mystery at Olympia), is book no. 21 in the Dr. Priestley detective story series. Author John Rhode, a pen name of Cecil Stre …

The Case of the Forty Thieves, first published in 1953 (and also published under the title Death at the Inn), is part of the series of mysteries featuring private detective Dr. Priestley. Author John …

The Fatal Pool, first published in 1960, is book no. 71 in the Dr. Priestley detective story series. Author John Rhode, a pen name of Cecil Street (1884-1964), was a prolific writer of mostly detecti …

Dr. Priestley Lays a Trap, first published in 1933 (and also known by the title The Motor Rally Mystery), is part of the series of mysteries featuring private detective Dr. Priestley. Author John Rho …

Dr. Priestley’s Quest, first published in 1926, is the second book in the Dr. Priestley detective story series. Author John Rhode, a pen name of Cecil Street (1884-1964), was a prolific writer of mos …

This anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together 15 tales from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form, including a newly discovered Gervase Fen novell …

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 Tim …

A scientifically minded professor is stumped by a case involving séances and an inexplicable inheritance . . .   After drifting apart from Sir John Claverton, Dr. Lancelot …

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 h …

Was it a tragic drunk-driving accident, or something more twisted? “You can never go far wrong with a Dr. Priestley story.” —The New York Times   Superintendent King has conclu …

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 Ve …

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 …

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 m …

A night of revelry ends with a perplexing death in the first novel featuring one of the greatest detectives of the Golden Age of Mystery. In the early hours of a wintery morning, Harold Merefield ret …

Cecil John Charles Street OBE MC was born on the 3rd May 1884 in Gibraltar.His career in the military began in 1903 as an artillery officer before moving into propaganda during the Great War. By the …