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  • The Elusive Bullet

    by John Rhode ...
    A man lies dead of a gunshot, yet the fatal bullet has simply vanished – no slug, no casing, nothing – and only the coolly logical Dr Priestley can explain the seemingly impossible.The Elusive Bullet is a classic Dr Lancelot Priestley puzzle from John Rhode, the best-known pseudonym of Major Cecil Street, a mainstay of the golden age of detection. Priestley, an irascible retired academic who ... Read more

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  • The End of Plagues

    The Global Battle Against Infectious Disease

    by John Rhodes ...
    Series series MacSci
    From the eradication of smallpox to the ongoing battle against deadly contagions, The End of Plagues is a compelling exploration of humanity's fight against disease.At the turn of the twentieth century, smallpox claimed two million lives per year. By 1979, the disease had been eradicated, marking a global victory. Yet the story of smallpox remains an exception, as today a host of deadly contagions ... Read more

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  • The Murders In Praed Street

    by John Rhode ...
    We rely on your support to help us keep producing beautiful, free, and unrestricted editions of literature for the digital age. Will you support our efforts with a donation ? The Murders in Praed Street features Dr. Lancelot Priestley, an eccentric scientist and mathematician. The novel's first part introduces the neighborhood of Praed Street, its shopkeepers, and their families. Among these ... Read more

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  • Body Unidentified

    by John Rhode ...
    Series Book 27 - Dr. Priestley
    A quiet village is shaken by an unsettling discovery—a motor hearse, abandoned in the early morning light, with a coffin still inside. But it is what lies elsewhere that turns curiosity into horror. A body, burned beyond recognition, is found in a tar boiler on a lonely stretch of road. With no clear identity and no immediate connection between the grisly find and the stranded vehicle, Inspector ... Read more

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  • Death Takes a Partner

    by John Rhode ...
    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 writer of mostly detective novels, publishing more than 140 books between 1924 and 1961. From the dustjacket: No two men could have been more opposite in every way than Wilfred and Clarence Cheriton. ... Read more

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  • Dr. Priestley's Quest

    by John Rhode ...
    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 mostly detective novels, publishing more than 140 books between 1924 and 1961. From the dustjacket: "Perhaps the greatest achievement of Dr. Priestley's career as a criminologist was his masterly solution ... Read more

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  • American Civil War Collection

    40+ Novels & Tales of Civil War, Including the Rhodes History of the War 1861-1865

    by Jules Verne, Mark Twain, Randall Parrish, George Washington Cable, John Esten Cooke, Edward Robins, John William De Forest, Ambrose Bierce, Mary Johnston, Winston Churchill, Edward Everett Hale, Charles King, Natalie Sumner Lincoln, Stephen Crane, Charles Carleton Coffin, James Ford Rhodes, John McElroy, Lucy Foster Madison, Harry Hazelton, Henry F. Keenan, George W. Peck, John R. Musick, Robert W. Chambers, Joseph A. Altsheler, G. A. Henty, B. K. Benson, W. H. Shelton, Byron A. Dunn, Ellen Glasgow, María Ruiz de Burton, Thomas Dixon Jr. ...
    The 'American Civil War Collection' is a masterfully curated anthology that captures the multifaceted nature of the American Civil War era through a mosaic of narratives, ranging from military chronicles to personal accounts. This anthology features a rich tapestry of literary styles, encompassing the precision of historical retellings, the fervor of fictional depictions, and the introspective ... Read more

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  • Death of a Bridegroom

    by John Rhode ...
    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 writer of mostly detective novels, publishing more than 140 books between 1924 and 1961. In Death of a Bridegroom, Inspector Jimmy Waghorn investigates the death of a man found hanging in his workshop ... Read more

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  • Murder at Derivale

    by John Rhode ...
    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 detective novels, publishing more than 140 books between 1924 and 1961. Murder at Derivale one of the final books in the Priestley series, has Inspector Jimmy Waghorn (assisted by the now elderly Dr. ... Read more

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  • Experiment in Crime

    by John Rhode ...
    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 (1884-1964), was a prolific writer of mostly detective novels, publishing more than 140 books between 1924 and 1961. In Experiment in Crime, Henry Watlington discovers Ellers, his chauffeur, ... Read more

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  • Muder at the Motor Show

    by John Rhode ...
    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 Street (1884-1964), was a prolific writer of mostly detective novels, publishing more than 140 books between 1924 and 1961. From the dustjacket: A dense crowd surrounded the new Comet car that was fully ... Read more

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  • The murders in Praed Street

    by John Rhode ...
    Praed Street is not at any time one of London’s brighter thoroughfares. Certainly it ends upon a note of hope, terminating as it does on the fringe of the unquestioned respectability of Bayswater, but for the rest of its course it is frankly lamentable. Narrow, bordered by small and often furtive shops, above which the squalid looking upper parts are particularly uninviting, it can never have been ... Read more

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