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Miles Burton (1884–1964)

Autor de The Secret of High Eldersham

162+ Obras 1,630 Miembros 34 Reseñas

Sobre El Autor

Nota de desambiguación:

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

Series

Obras de Miles Burton

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

Obras relacionadas

El almirante flotante (Club del Misterio 116, volum 16) (1931) — Contribuidor — 799 copias
The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories (1990) — Contribuidor — 399 copias
Ask a Policeman (1933) — Contribuidor — 193 copias
London After Midnight : A Tour of Its Criminal Haunts (1996) — Contribuidor — 135 copias
Bodies from the Library (2018) — Contribuidor — 119 copias
The Measure of Malice: Scientific Mysteries (2019) — Contribuidor — 80 copias
Tales of Detection (1940) — Contribuidor — 56 copias
The Anatomy of Murder (1936) — Contribuidor — 55 copias
Bodies from the Library 3 (2020) — Contribuidor — 42 copias
The Portable Murder Book (1945) — Contribuidor — 31 copias
The Great Book of Thrillers (1935) — Contribuidor — 27 copias
The Boys' Second Book of Great Detective Stories (1940) — Contribuidor — 26 copias
The Anatomy of Murder (1989) (1989) — Contribuidor — 21 copias
My Best Mystery Story (1939) — Contribuidor — 6 copias
Evening Standard Detective Book (1950) — Contribuidor — 5 copias
London After Midnight: A Conducted Tour, Part 2 (1996) — Contribuidor — 3 copias
Fra farezonen (1988) — Autor, algunas ediciones2 copias

Etiquetado

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Nombre legal
Street, Cecil John Charles
Otros nombres
Rhode, John
Street, John
Burton, Miles
Waye, Cecil
Street, C. J. C.
F. O. O.
Fecha de nacimiento
1884-05-03
Fecha de fallecimiento
1964-12-08
Género
male
Nacionalidad
UK
Lugar de nacimiento
Gibraltar
Lugar de fallecimiento
Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, UK
Ocupaciones
detective novelist
soldier
artillery officer
propagandist
Organizaciones
British Army
Premios y honores
Military Cross
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Aviso de desambiguación
Cecil John Charles Street (1884-1964) wrote many detective novels under the names John Rhode, Miles Burton, and Cecil Waye.

Miembros

Debates

Collection as part of a Publishers Series? en Librarything Series (octubre 2021)

Reseñas

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 reseñas más. | 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… (más)
 
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tombomp | 5 reseñas más. | 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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fernandie | 8 reseñas más. | Sep 15, 2022 |

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Obras
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Miembros
1,630
Popularidad
#15,774
Valoración
½ 3.4
Reseñas
34
ISBNs
139
Idiomas
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