Miles Burton (1884–1964)
Autor de The Secret of High Eldersham
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
British Library Crime Classics Collection 10 Books Bundle (Death of a Busybody,Mystery in the Channel,The Methods of… (2016) — Contribuidor — 7 copias
Lord Reading 2 copias
Mademoiselle from Armentières 1 copia
Constance Kent 1 copia
Lord Reading 1 copia
A DAMA DO CHAPÉU VERMELHO 1 copia
The making of a gunner 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden… (2019) — Contribuidor — 67 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- 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)
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 162
- También por
- 21
- Miembros
- 1,630
- Popularidad
- #15,774
- Valoración
- 3.4
- Reseñas
- 34
- ISBNs
- 139
- Idiomas
- 4
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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