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A man's car is impounded as a stolen vehicle-but that's not the worst of it-in this classic British mystery starring a "tartly logical professor" (The New York Times).
Kenneth Winslow's company has sold a car to his nephew, Noel Yewdale, who's supposed to transport the large, locked chest in it. But before he can get the job done, the police seize the car-saying they think it's stolen.
When the cops confirm he won't get the car back, he's...
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Dr. Richard Mawsley was a happy man and a careful man. So how and why did the Harley Street specialist inject himself with strychnine while in his locked office? There's no hint that anyone else was at the scene, and the guests at Dr. Lancelot Priestley's weekly dinner party, including two from Scotland Yard, are determined to figure out what happened.
Did he suddenly become despondent, or pick up the wrong bottle? This band of crime-solvers...
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A body on the tracks and a pair of missing wills have Dr. Priestley puzzled . . .
Gervase Wickenden's estate is close to a railroad line-and that's where his mangled body is found after an unfortunate meeting with a train. The timing is a bit odd though, considering this happened only two days after Wickenden changed his will. And now, neither version of the will can be located . . .
The heirs ask Dr. Lancelot Priestley to look into the...
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A scientifically minded professor is stumped by a case involving séances and an inexplicable inheritance . . .
After drifting apart from Sir John Claverton, Dr. Lancelot Priestley is finally visiting his old friend for dinner. But Claverton's situation is worrying. He's surrounded by relatives, among them a sister who speaks to the dead-but not to him-and a niece who may or may not be a qualified nurse. Based on Claverton's odd behavior, Priestley...
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Was it a tragic drunk-driving accident, or something more twisted? "You can never go far wrong with a Dr. Priestley story." -The New York Times
Superintendent King has concluded that the drunk driver with a dead body in his car was only guilty of manslaughter, not intentional murder. But Dr. Lancelot Priestley thinks there's more to the story-especially considering that the victim's estate, Pinehurst, has been plagued by burglaries of late.
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An expert in alternative medicine is creating a clinic in Cranbury Hall that promises to cure fatigue, and Arnold Gilroy is happy to invest in this promising moneymaking venture.
Unfortunately, his brother Oliver has just finished a stint in prison for fraud-and has weaseled his way into running Cranbury Hall while pursuing some nefarious business on the side. Before long, he's been grazed by a bullet-and Dr. Lancelot Priestley will have to step...
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The "astute and sharp-spoken" crime-solving professor must find out if a missing man got away with murder (The New York Times).
After some initial suspicion, the death of Ernest Venner's wealthy uncle was attributed to natural causes-a simple infection. But Dr. Lancelot Priestley and his crime-solving companions find it intriguing, to say the least, that as soon as Venner collected his much-needed inheritance, he vanished into the wind.
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