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In Face of the Verdict

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In Face of the Verdict
First edition
AuthorJohn Rhode
LanguageEnglish
SeriesLancelot Priestley
GenreDetective
PublisherCollins Crime Club (UK)
Dodd Mead (US)
Publication date
1936
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Preceded byDeath at Breakfast 
Followed byDeath in the Hopfields 

In Face of the Verdict is a 1936 detective novel by John Rhode, the pen name of the British writer Cecil Street.[1] It is the twenty fourth in his long-running series of novels featuring Lancelot Priestley, a Golden Age armchair detective.[2] Unusually in the series Priestley takes a more active role in the investigation himself, rather than solving it from a detached distance. It was not published in the United States until 1940, by Dodd Mead, with the slightly altered title of In the Face of the Verdict.[3]

Synopsis

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After the inquest in the port town of Blacksand concludes that the death of Major Walter Bedworthy was an accident due to drowning, his friend summons in Priestley due to his belief that it was in fact murder. This proves to be the case when the dead man's brother is also found drowned a few days later. Assisted by Superintendent Hanslet and Inspector Waghorn of Scotland Yard, Priestley sets out to unmask the cunning killer.

References

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  1. ^ Evans p.98
  2. ^ Reilly p.1257
  3. ^ "Wilde, First Edition - AbeBooks". www.abebooks.com. Retrieved 8 July 2024.

Bibliography

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  • Evans, Curtis. Masters of the "Humdrum" Mystery: Cecil John Charles Street, Freeman Wills Crofts, Alfred Walter Stewart and the British Detective Novel, 1920-1961. McFarland, 2014.
  • Herbert, Rosemary. Whodunit?: A Who's Who in Crime & Mystery Writing. Oxford University Press, 2003.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.