 First Edition (UK) | |
| Author | John Rhode |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Lancelot Priestley |
| Genre | Detective |
| Publisher | Odhams Press (UK) Dodd Mead (US) |
Publication date | 1933 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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| Preceded by | The Claverton Mystery |
| Followed by | The Robthorne Mystery |
The Venner Crime is a 1933 detective novel by John Rhode, the pen name of the British writer Cecil Street.[1] It is the sixteenth in his long-running series of novels featuring Lancelot Priestley, a Golden Age armchair detective. In Britain it was published by Odhams Press, the only one of his works be done so, while in the United States it was handled by his usual publisher Dodd Mead.[2] It has been described as a sort of sequel to his previous book The Claverton Mystery.[3] Writing in the New York Times Isaac Anderson considered "This is not one of the best of the Dr. Priestley yarns, but it is plenty good enough to pass an idle evening."