Dr. Priestley

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The Paddington Mystery (Detective Club Crime Classics) Publisher's Summary

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.

When Harold Merefield returned home in the early hours of a winter morning from a festive little party at that popular nightclub, the ‘Naxos’, he was startled by a gruesome discovery. On his bed was a corpse.

There was nothing to show the identity of the dead man or the cause of his death. At the inquest, the jury found a verdict of ‘Death from Natural Causes’ – perhaps they were right, but yet . . . ?

Harold determined to investigate the matter for himself and sought the help of Professor Priestley, who, by the simple but unusual method of logical reasoning, succeeded in throwing light upon what proved to be a very curious affair indeed.

This Detective Club classic is introduced by crime writing historian and expert Tony Medawar, who looks at how John Rhode, who also wrote as Miles Burton and as Cecil Waye, became one of the best-selling and most popular British authors of the Golden Age.

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Book 61
Death of a Godmother [Delayed Payment]

By: John Rhode
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Book 62
An Artist Dies [Death of an Artist]

By: John Rhode
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Book 63
Open Verdict

By: John Rhode
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Book 64
Robbery with Violence

By: John Rhode
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Book 65
Death of a Bridegroom

By: John Rhode
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Book 66
Murder at Derivale

By: John Rhode
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Book 67
Death Takes a Partner

By: John Rhode
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Book 68
Licensed for Murder

By: John Rhode
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Book 69
Three Cousins Die

By: John Rhode
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Book 70
Twice Dead

By: John Rhode
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Book 71
The Fatal Pool

By: John Rhode
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Book 72
The Vanishing Diary

By: John Rhode
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