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Dr. Priestley is the central character in a long-running series of detective novels written by Cecil John Charles Street under the pen name John Rhode. The series, set in England, features Priestley as a meticulous and intelligent amateur detective who solves crimes ranging from poisonings and thefts to murders linked to haunted houses or mysterious circumstances. Each novel explores the intricacies of its crime, often revealing that seemingly supernatural or unrelated events have logical, human explanations.
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In the order the books were originally released.
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1927 · John Rhode
Dr. Priestley's Quest, first published in 1926, is the second book in the Dr. Priestley detective story series. Mysterious warnings are sent to…
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This mystery novel is the third in a long-running series featuring Dr. Launcelot Priestley. Sir Noel Ellerby visits Priestley to report that his…
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The Murders in Praed Street is a 1928 detective novel by John Rhode, the pen name of British writer Cecil Street. It features the fourth appearance…
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1929 · John Rhode
The Davidson Case is a 1929 detective novel written by John Rhode, the pseudonym of British author Cecil Street. It is the seventh book in the series…
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1929 · John Rhode
Dr. Launcelot Priestley investigates the murder of Samuel Barton at his isolated home on Tollard Ridge. The initial suspect is his son Arthur, who is…
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1931 · John Rhode
Tragedy on the Line is a 1931 detective novel by John Rhode, the pen name of British author Cecil Street. It is the tenth book in a series featuring…
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1933 · John Rhode
The Claverton Mystery is a 1933 detective novel by John Rhode, the pen name of British writer Cecil Street. It is the fifteenth book in the series…
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1933 · John Rhode
The Motor Rally Mystery is a 1933 detective novel by John Rhode, the pseudonym of British author Cecil Street. It is the fourteenth book in the…
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Dr. Lancelot Priestley, the scientifically minded sleuth in a long-running mystery series, investigates the suspicious death of Ernest Venner’s…
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This mystery novel is the eighteenth in a series featuring Dr. Launcelot Priestley. The story begins when weekend guests at the country estate of…
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The book is the seventeenth in a long-running mystery series featuring Dr. Launcelot Priestley. When one of the Robthorne twins dies by suicide,…
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This is the twenty-first book in a long-running mystery series featuring Dr. Launcelot Priestley. A famous research chemist, Bernard Threlfall, is…
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This mystery novel is the twenty-second in a series featuring Dr. Lancelot Priestley. The story begins at the annual Motor Show at Olympia, where the…
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This is the twentieth book in a long-running mystery series featuring Dr. Launcelot Priestley. The story begins with Lady Misterton, an unreasonable…
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This is the twenty-third book in a long-running mystery series featuring Dr. Lancelot Priestley. Victor Harleston wakes up with unusual optimism,…
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1936 · John Rhode
In Face of the Verdict is a 1936 detective novel by John Rhode, the pen name of British writer Cecil Street. It is the twenty-fourth in his…
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This is the twenty-fifth book in a long-running mystery series featuring Dr. Launcelot Priestley. Each year, a group of people from the East End of…
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The forty-fifth in the long-running mystery series with Dr Launcelot Priestley. The author whose mysterious death is investigated is Nigel Ebbfleet,…
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This is the twenty-sixth book in a long-running mystery series featuring Dr. Launcelot Priestley. The story begins with the death of Sir Andrew…
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The book is the twenty-seventh in a long-running mystery series featuring Dr. Launcelot Priestley. Superintendent Hanslet of Scotland Yard…
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Dr. Lancelot Priestley solves the murder of old Mr. Fransham, who was found with an ugly wound on his forehead in a locked room. The crime took place…
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Dr. Launcelot Priestley is the protagonist of a 1938 mystery novel by John Rhode. The story begins with an old man, who has just learned of his son's…
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1939 · John Rhode
Death on Sunday is a 1939 detective novel by John Rhode, the pen name of British writer Cecil Street. It is the thirty-first book in a series…
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1940 · John Rhode
Murder at Lilac Cottage is a 1940 detective novel by John Rhode, the pen name of British writer Cecil Street. It is the thirty-third book in a series…
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1941 · John Rhode
The wife of the celebrated barrister Hugh Quarrenden and another man die after drinking a gin cocktail aboard the yacht Lonicera. Dr Priestley…
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1941 · John Rhode
They Watched by Night is a 1941 detective novel written by John Rhode, the pen name of British author Cecil Street. It is the thirty-fifth book in a…
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The Fourth Bomb is a 1942 detective novel by John Rhode, the pen name of British author Cecil Street. It is the thirty-sixth book in a series…
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Near the small settlement of Filmerham, the station-master finds a body lying close to the tracks near the station. Because of a wartime shortage of…
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The thirty-eighth mystery featuring Dr. Lancelot Priestley, a Golden Age armchair detective, centers on Cyprus Lodge, a reportedly haunted house in…
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1944 · John Rhode
This is the 39th book in a long-running series featuring amateur criminologist Dr. Launcelot Priestley. Set during World War II, the story takes…
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1944 · John Rhode
Vegetable Duck is a 1944 detective novel by John Rhode, the pen name of British author Cecil Street. It is the fortieth book in the series featuring…
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1945 · John Rhode
Bricklayer's Arms is a 1945 detective novel by John Rhode, the pen name of British writer Cecil Street. It is the forty-first book in a series…
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Death in Harley Street is a detective novel by John Rhode. Found dead in his Harley Street offices, the highly regarded medical specialist Dr.…
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In 1929, the Times Literary Supplement praised John Rhode as a leading mystery novelist, noting his reliability and skill. Since then, Rhode has…
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1947 · John Rhode
Nothing But the Truth is a 1947 detective novel written by John Rhode, the pen name of British author Cecil Street. It is the forty-fourth book in a…
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1948 · John Rhode
The Telephone Call is a 1948 detective novel by John Rhode, the pen name of British author Cecil Street. It is the forty-seventh book in a series…
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1948 · John Rhode
The Paper Bag is a 1948 detective novel by John Rhode, the pen name of British author Cecil Street. It is the forty-sixth book in a series featuring…
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This is the forty-eighth book in a long-running mystery series featuring Dr. Lancelot Priestley. The story begins when Kenneth Winslow's nephew, Noel…
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John Rhode's mystery novel is the forty-ninth in a long-running series featuring Dr. Launcelot Priestley. The story begins when two corpses are…
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1950 · John Rhode
Family Affairs is a 1950 detective novel by John Rhode, the pen name of British author Cecil Street. It is the fifty-first book in his series…
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This mystery novel is the fiftieth in a long-running series featuring Dr. Launcelot Priestley. A tragedy strikes the Norfolk Broads when one of twin…
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The story is the fifty-second in a long-running series featuring Dr. Priestley. A murder is discovered in a run-down office in a London tenement. The…
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Death at the Dance is a 1952 mystery novel by John Rhode, the pen name of British author Cecil Street. It is the fifty-fourth book in a series…
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1952 · John Rhode
In a seaside resort in Saffronshire, which is likely Cornwall, a doctor is called to a patient’s house and finds the man dead in a bedroom filled…
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The Ariadne Inn had two types of guests: regulars who drank in the public bar and motorists who gathered in the cocktail bar and garden. On a warm…
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2018 · John Rhode
The Paddington Mystery is a 1925 detective novel by John Rhode, a pen name of British writer Cecil Street. It marked the first appearance of Lancelot…
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What order should I read the Dr. Priestley detective novels books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with “Dr. Priestley's Quest”. Start with “Dr. Priestley's Quest.”
How many books are in the Dr. Priestley detective novels series?
We list 46 books by John Rhode , published between 1927–2018.
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