The Claverton Mystery

The Claverton Mystery
First Edition (US)
AuthorJohn Rhode
LanguageEnglish
SeriesLancelot Priestley
GenreDetective
PublisherCollins (UK)
Dodd Mead (US)
Publication date
1933
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Preceded byThe Motor Rally Mystery 
Followed byThe Venner Crime 

The Claverton Mystery is a 1933 detective novel by John Rhode, the pen name of the British writer Cecil Street.[1] It is the fifteenth in his long-running series of novels featuring Lancelot Priestley, a Golden Age armchair detective. It was published in the United States by Dodd Mead with the altered title The Claverton Affair.[2] The tone of the book has been described as much darker than the author's other novels.[3]

  1. ^ Evans p.141
  2. ^ Reilly p.1257
  3. ^ Evans p.247