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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...

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Death in the Hopfields (John Rhode)

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

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Found Drowned (Miles Burton)

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

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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.)

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Death at Low Tide (Burton)

Who shot the harbour-master?

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Death in Wellington Road (Rhode)

Jimmy Waghorn investigates a gas poisoning in Cornwall.

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By Registered Post (John Rhode)

Turning a loo into a death-trap is the only glimmer of inspiration.

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Death at the Dance (John Rhode)

Murder and tin mining in Cornwall.

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Ask a Policeman (Detection Club)

Lord Peter Wimsey … by Anthony Berkeley! Roger Sheringham … by Dorothy L. Sayers! Mrs. Bradley … by Helen Simpson! And Sir John Saumarez … by Gladys Mitchell!

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Pinehurst (John Rhode)

Dr. Priestley investigates the mystery of the lonely house and the sinister occupant.

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