Death at Breakfast
1936 novel From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1936 novel From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Death at Breakfast is a 1936 detective novel by John Rhode, the pen name of the British writer Cecil Street.[1] It is the twenty third in his long-running series of novels featuring Lancelot Priestley, a Golden Age armchair detective.[2] It received a negative review from Cecil Day-Lewis, writing as Nicholas Blake in The Spectator noting "Some attempt is made to establish the character of the victim, but the remaining dramatis personae are stuffed men".
First edition | |
| Author | John Rhode |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Lancelot Priestley |
| Genre | Detective |
| Publisher | Collins Crime Club (UK) Dodd Mead (US) |
Publication date | 1936 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Preceded by | Mystery at Olympia |
| Followed by | In Face of the Verdict |
Victor Harleston is apparently poisoned at the breakfast table after drinking a cup of coffee. Its connection to two other crimes are not at first established by the investigating Scotland Yard officers and it falls to Professor Priestley to crack the case.
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