The Murders in Praed Street
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Author
Publication
1928 - A.L. Burt, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
80,026 words, Calculated
Page Count
298 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL16642685M
- Project Gutenberg72926
Classifications
- LCCPR'6037'T77'M8'1937
Description
*The Murders in Praed Street* is a 1928 detective novel by John Rhode, a pen name of the British writer Cecil Street. It features the fourth appearance of the armchair detective Doctor Lancelot Priestley. >Seldom has Scotland Yard been faced by a more baffling problem than that presented by the series of terrible outrages known as the Praed Street Murders, which spread horror and fear throughout every home in London. >Not the least singular feature of these crimes was that in each case the victim was a middle-aged man, some petty shop-keeper or clerk, leading a quiet and unobtrusive life. Hence there appeared to be no motive for the murders. >And yet these crimes were clearly planned by a single fiendish brain, for in each case the destined victim had received the same sinister intimation of his impending doom…
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