Dead Men at the Folly
 First Edition (US) | |
| Author | John Rhode |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Lancelot Priestley |
| Genre | Detective |
| Publisher | Collins Crime Club (UK) Dodd Mead (US) |
Publication date | 1932 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Preceded by | Mystery at Greycombe Farm |
| Followed by | The Motor Rally Mystery |
Dead Men at the Folly is a 1932 detective novel by John Rhode, the pen name of the British writer Cecil Street.[1] It is the thirteenth in his long-running series of novels featuring Lancelot Priestley, a Golden Age armchair detective. It was published in the United States by Dodd Mead.[2]
Synopsis
[edit]A dead body found at the foot of a large folly draws the attention of Hanslet Scotland Yard and with him Doctor Priestley.
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Evans, Curtis. Masters of the "Humdrum" Mystery: Cecil John Charles Street, Freeman Wills Crofts, Alfred Walter Stewart and the British Detective Novel, 1920-1961. McFarland, 2014.
- Herbert, Rosemary. Whodunit?: A Who's Who in Crime & Mystery Writing. Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
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