The Venner Crime |
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| Author:
| Rhode, John |
| Introduction by:
| Evans, Curtis |
| Series title: | The Dr. Priestley Detective Stories Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5040-7279-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2022 |
| Publisher: | MysteriousPress.com
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $14.99 |
Book Description:
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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.
More Description 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.
Digging into the disappearance, though, will lead Priestley to some dangerous places, in this suspenseful Golden Age mystery featuring the scientifically minded sleuth . . .