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| Author | John Rhode |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Lancelot Priestley |
| Genre | Detective |
| Publisher | Geoffrey Bles |
Publication date | 1947 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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| Preceded by | Nothing But the Truth |
| Followed by | The Paper Bag |
Death of an Author is a 1947 detective novel by John Rhode, the pen name of the British writer Cecil Street.[1] It is the forty fifth in his long-running series of novels featuring Lancelot Priestley, a Golden Age armchair detective.[2] The New Yorker described it as "Rather pleasant, in a ponderous fashion" while Will Cuppy, writing in the New York Herald Tribune, felt "Mr. Rhode provides one of those satisfying British stories in the old tradition, full of mystery meat and brain-work."