Death in Wellington Road (Rhode)

Jimmy Waghorn investigates a gas poisoning in Cornwall.

Death at Low Tide (Burton)

Who shot the harbour-master?

Nothing But the Truth (John Rhode)

An abrasive manufacturer is found in an A.A. box, dead and run over. (It's tempting to call the book a Rhode accident.)

Found Drowned (Miles Burton)

A maritime murder makes a pleasant holiday for Desmond Merrion. But he's had more rewarding cases.

Death in the Hopfields (John Rhode)

Hops spring eternal in this rural tale of burglary, arson, and murder.

Death in the Tunnel (Miles Burton)

By Miles Burton First published: UK, Collins, 1947 Published in the US as Dark is the Tunnel, Doubleday 1936 Miles Burton, New Statesman critic Ralph Partridge observed, was a gentleman who knew all about mass production technique. Death in the Tunnel was the first of three books Major Street published under the Burton byline in 1936, …

Mystery at Olympia (John Rhode)

Murderous manna for motor enthusiasts.

Heir to Murder (Miles Burton)

By Miles Burton First published: UK, Collins, 1953 On a wet November night, Dr. Murford drives his car off a pier into Carmouth harbour. A week or so later, Nurse Penruddock is found at the bottom of a cliff. Both had been named principal heir by Lady Violet Vernham of Dragonscourt (a friendly dragon). More outrages …

Invisible Weapons (John Rhode)

By John Rhode First published: UK, Collins, 1938; US, Dodd Mead, 1938 You can now go into bookshops and buy John Rhode detective stories. When I was a teenager, at the turn of the 21st century, that would have seemed incredible. "Crime" in bookshops consisted of dreary tales about middle-aged policemen with domestic problems, hard-nosed …

Proceed with Caution (John Rhode)

By John Rhode First published: UK, Collins, 1937; US, Dodd Mead, 1937, as Body Unidentified This is almost the quintessence of the Crofts school: a hugely elaborate plot, involving the breakdown of identity, the disposal of the corpse, alibis, and transport.  Some might find it laborious; you’ve got to keep track of a lot of …