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| Author | John Rhode |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Lancelot Priestley |
| Genre | Detective |
| Publisher | Collins Crime Club (UK) Dodd Mead (US) |
Publication date | 1945 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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| Preceded by | Vegetable Duck |
| Followed by | The Lake House |
Bricklayer's Arms is a 1945 detective novel by John Rhode, the pen name of the British writer Cecil Street.[1] It is the forty first in his long-running series of novels featuring Lancelot Priestley, a Golden Age armchair detective. It was published in America by Dodd Mead under the alternative title Shadow of a Crime.[2] It was particularly notable for the lesser role played by Priestley, with the case being solved largely by Inspector Waghorn of Scotland Yard alone.