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Miles Burton (1884–1964)

Auteur van The Secret of High Eldersham

162+ Werken 1,630 Leden 34 Besprekingen

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Ontwarringsbericht:

(eng) Cecil John Charles Street (1884-1964) wrote many detective novels under the names John Rhode, Miles Burton, and Cecil Waye.

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Werken van Miles Burton

The Secret of High Eldersham (1930) 192 exemplaren
Death In The Tunnel (1936) 159 exemplaren
Fatal Descent (1939) 61 exemplaren
The Paddington Mystery (1925) 56 exemplaren
Death in Harley Street (1945) 40 exemplaren
Death at Breakfast (1936) 34 exemplaren
Mystery at Olympia (1935) 30 exemplaren
The Claverton Mystery (1933) 29 exemplaren
The Robthorne Mystery (1934) 28 exemplaren
The Motor Rally Mystery (1933) 27 exemplaren
The Murders in Praed Street (1928) 25 exemplaren
Invisible Weapons (1938) 24 exemplaren
The Hardway Diamonds Mystery (1930) 21 exemplaren
Death on the Boat Train (1940) 20 exemplaren
The Venner Crime (1933) 20 exemplaren
Pinehurst (1930) 17 exemplaren
Death on the Board (1937) 17 exemplaren
Murder at Monk's Barn (1931) 16 exemplaren
The House On Tollard Ridge (1929) 15 exemplaren
Peril at Cranbury Hall (1930) 15 exemplaren
Dr Priestley's Quest (1926) 15 exemplaren
Death in the Hop Fields (1937) 14 exemplaren
Up the Garden Path (1949) 13 exemplaren
Death At The Inn (1953) 13 exemplaren
Tragedy On The Line (1931) 13 exemplaren
In Face of the Verdict (1936) 13 exemplaren
The Davidson Case (1929) 13 exemplaren
The Mysterious Suspect (1952) 13 exemplaren
Death Takes the Living (1949) 12 exemplaren
Licenced for Murder (1959) 12 exemplaren
Death Paints a Picture (1960) 12 exemplaren
Proceed with Caution (1937) 12 exemplaren
The Telephone Call (1948) 12 exemplaren
The Bloody Tower (1938) 11 exemplaren
Murder at Lilac Cottage (1940) 11 exemplaren
Death of a Bridegroom (1958) 10 exemplaren
The Ellerby Case (1927) 10 exemplaren
Shot at Dawn (1934) 10 exemplaren
The Corpse in the Car (1935) 10 exemplaren
Heir to Murder (1953) 10 exemplaren
Death Takes a Partner (1958) 10 exemplaren
Blackthorn House (1949) 9 exemplaren
Vegetable Duck (1944) 9 exemplaren
The White Menace (1924) 9 exemplaren
Found Drowned (1956) 9 exemplaren
Situation Vacant (1946) 9 exemplaren
Death Takes a Detour (1958) 9 exemplaren
Men Die at Cyprus Lodge (1944) 9 exemplaren
Early Morning Murder (1945) 9 exemplaren
Death of an Author (1948) 9 exemplaren
Murder, M.D. (1943) 9 exemplaren
Death in a Duffle Coat (1956) 9 exemplaren
Night Exercise (1942) 9 exemplaren
The Three Corpse Trick (1944) 8 exemplaren
Heir to Lucifer (1947) 8 exemplaren
Hendon's First Case (1935) 8 exemplaren
Beware Your Neighbour (1951) 8 exemplaren
Murder at Derivale (1958) 8 exemplaren
The Elm Tree Murder (1939) 8 exemplaren
Bricklayer's Arms (1945) 8 exemplaren
Dead on the Track (1943) 8 exemplaren
Open Verdict (1956) 8 exemplaren
Nothing but the Truth (1947) 7 exemplaren
Four-Ply Yarn (1944) 7 exemplaren
Dead Men at the Folly (1932) 7 exemplaren
Family Affairs (1950) 7 exemplaren
Detection Medley (1939) — Redacteur — 7 exemplaren
Mystery At Greycombe Farm (1932) 7 exemplaren
Poison for One (1934) 7 exemplaren
The Domestic Agency (1955) 7 exemplaren
The Milk-Churn Murder (1935) 7 exemplaren
Not a Leg to Stand On (1945) 7 exemplaren
Death in Wellington Road (1952) 7 exemplaren
Dr Goodwood's Locum (1951) 7 exemplaren
They Watched by Night (1941) 6 exemplaren
A Will in the Way (1947) 6 exemplaren
Devil's Reckoning (1948) 6 exemplaren
The Lake House (1946) 6 exemplaren
Tragedy At The Unicorn (1928) 6 exemplaren
The Two Graphs (1950) 6 exemplaren
The Prime Minister's Pencil (1933) 6 exemplaren
The secret meeting (1951) 5 exemplaren
Death on the Lawn (1958) 5 exemplaren
Death at the Dance (1952) 5 exemplaren
Legacy of Death (1960) 5 exemplaren
A Smell of Smoke (1959) 5 exemplaren
Death in Shallow Water (1948) 5 exemplaren
The Figure of Eight (1933) 5 exemplaren
Three cousins die (1959) 5 exemplaren
Look Alive (1949) 5 exemplaren
The End of the Chase (1932) 5 exemplaren
The Chinese Puzzle (1957) 5 exemplaren
The Paper Bag (1948) 5 exemplaren
The Case of Constance Kent (1928) 4 exemplaren
Death of an Artist (1956) 4 exemplaren
Death Pays a Dividend (1939) 4 exemplaren
Robbery With Violence (1957) 4 exemplaren
Where is Barbara Prentice? (1936) 4 exemplaren
Twice Dead (1960) 4 exemplaren
Death takes a flat (1940) 4 exemplaren
Murder at the Moorings (1934) 4 exemplaren
Death Invades the Meeting (1944) 4 exemplaren
Death of a Godmother (1955) 4 exemplaren
The Moth-Watch Murder (1957) 4 exemplaren
Death Leaves No Card (1939) 4 exemplaren
Death Of Mr Gantley (1932) 4 exemplaren
The Hanging Woman (1931) 3 exemplaren
Death at the Helm (1941) 3 exemplaren
This undesirable residence (1942) 3 exemplaren
Murder in Crown Passage (1937) 3 exemplaren
Death at the club (1937) 3 exemplaren
The Platinum cat (1938) 3 exemplaren
Murder in absence (1954) 3 exemplaren
The Menace on the Downs (1931) 3 exemplaren
The Devereux court mystery (1935) 2 exemplaren
The Charabanc Mystery (1934) 2 exemplaren
Death At Low Tide (1938) 2 exemplaren
Murder in the coalhole (1940) 2 exemplaren
The Elusive Bullet (2011) 2 exemplaren
Unwanted Corpse (1954) 2 exemplaren
Something to Hide (1953) 2 exemplaren
Dead stop (1943) 2 exemplaren
The Fourth Bomb (1942) 2 exemplaren
Up the Garden Path (1941) 2 exemplaren
Murder of a Chemist (1936) 2 exemplaren
The Vanishing Diary (1961) 2 exemplaren
The Dovebury murders (1954) 2 exemplaren
East of Prague (1924) 2 exemplaren
Lord Reading 2 exemplaren
Tragedy at the thirteenth hole (1933) 2 exemplaren
The Alarm (1925) 1 exemplaar
Death of two brothers (1941) 1 exemplaar
The Three Crimes (1931) 1 exemplaar
Death at the Cross-Roads (1933) 1 exemplaar
Fate at the Fair (1933) 1 exemplaar
Constance Kent 1 exemplaar
The Double Florin (1924) 1 exemplaar
A Crime in Time (1955) 1 exemplaar
Lord Reading 1 exemplaar
Return from the Dead (1959) 1 exemplaar
Bones in the brickfield (1958) 1 exemplaar
Murder Unrecognized (1955) 1 exemplaar
To catch a thief (1934) 1 exemplaar
Murder on Duty (1952) 1 exemplaar
Murder out of School (1951) 1 exemplaar
A Village Afraid (1950) 1 exemplaar
Ground for Suspicion (1950) 1 exemplaar
The Cat Jumps (1946) 1 exemplaar
Mr. Westerby missing (1940) 1 exemplaar
Mr. Babbacombe Dies (1939) 1 exemplaar

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Officiƫle naam
Street, Cecil John Charles
Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
Rhode, John
Street, John
Burton, Miles
Waye, Cecil
Street, C. J. C.
F. O. O.
Geboortedatum
1884-05-03
Overlijdensdatum
1964-12-08
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
UK
Geboorteplaats
Gibraltar
Plaats van overlijden
Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, UK
Beroepen
detective novelist
soldier
artillery officer
propagandist
Organisaties
British Army
Prijzen en onderscheidingen
Military Cross
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Ontwarringsbericht
Cecil John Charles Street (1884-1964) wrote many detective novels under the names John Rhode, Miles Burton, and Cecil Waye.

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Collection as part of a Publishers Series? in Librarything Series (oktober 2021)

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This writer published various crime novels in the 1930s when he was in vogue to the 1960s when his work was regarded as increasingly old fashioned. Unlike Agatha Christie's work - he was apparently a friend of hers - there's no real characterisation or psychology which I think explains her longevity whereas he has become a forgotten writer, revived in this series of reprints. However, that wasn't the real problem I had with this.

It starts off as a classic locked room mystery with a man found shot dead in a railway carriage. The door leading to the tracks was unlocked though and the train slowed in a tunnel due to lights indicating a workman signalling red then green. So in theory someone could have stepped aboard - except that signalmen in boxes at both ends had a good view and swear that no one could have got past them. It looks like suicide but there are a few unanswered questions, and Inspector Arnold is called upon. He involves his amateur sleuth friend, Desmond Merrion, and they embark on a series of cross-country investigations following up various leads and considering the theories which Merrion comes up with. The policeman is a plodder and becomes fixated on one individual being the culprit although Merrion tries to steer him away from that multiple times.

It's never a good thing for me when I spot things before the protagonist(s) and that was certainly the case with the mystery of the tunnel, which I instantly picked up on when another character mentioned a way someone could have got in or out - but the two detectives failed to pick up on it for quite a while until the penny dropped with Merrion. However, the real issue is that the crime was pre-planned with various elements put in place or things checked regarding the timing of the shooting, and yet the eventual denouement showed that the murder wasn't even necessary. I won't go into spoilers but given that a particular person could have got their hands on the loot and then absconded, with or without first sharing it with one of the others, I couldn't see why anyone needed to commit murder in the first place. I can't therefore give the book any more than a 2 star rating.
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kitsune_reader | 8 andere besprekingen | Nov 23, 2023 |
Very generic, dull story. Single point of interest are the supernatural trappings, but they're used and written very badly. The main characters are terminally thick, making the story drag on longer than it should and causing me to throw up my hands in annoyance when they almost die but get saved by absurd good fortune. Solution to the "mystery" obvious from like halfway through. Ridiculous pointless unconvincing love plot. The whole supernatural thing makes *no sense* and only served to draw more attention to the criminal activities. Quotes heavily from Margaret Murray on the supposed existence of a witch cult. Ends with not all the criminals getting their comeuppance and the main characters being glad because it means less annoyance for them. The country squire whose daughter the main character falls in love with and marries was totally in on the evil criminal plot so he doesn't want the plot exposed b/c it might tarnish her reputation! It's all ok cause he apparently dies very soon after the main action finishes so no worries. All the characters talk the same, there's 0 characterisation, the dialogue is dull as anything, it's all dull, even the action is dull. Just. Blurgh… (meer)
 
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tombomp | 5 andere besprekingen | Oct 31, 2023 |
Great good fun from two practiced masters of the impossible crime. The murderer and motive were a bit obvious, but the means were as ingenious as they come.
 
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EricaObey | Dec 18, 2022 |
Note: I received a digital review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.
 
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Statistieken

Werken
162
Ook door
21
Leden
1,630
Populariteit
#15,774
Waardering
½ 3.4
Besprekingen
34
ISBNs
139
Talen
4

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