About “The Paper Bag”
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 Lancelot Priestley, a detective who solves crimes through logic and observation. The novel was published in the United States by Dodd Mead, where it was given the alternative title The Links in the Chain. The story follows the traditional style of the Golden Age detective genre, with Priestley uncovering a mystery through careful deduction. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
Book details
- First published
- 1948