Tragedy on the Line

Tragedy on the Line
First Edition (UK)
AuthorJohn Rhode
LanguageEnglish
SeriesLancelot Priestley
GenreDetective
PublisherCollins Crime Club (UK)
Dodd Mead (US)
Publication date
1931
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Preceded byPinehurst 
Followed byThe Hanging Woman 

Tragedy on the Line is a 1931 detective novel by John Rhode, the pen name of the British writer Cecil Street.[1] It is the tenth in his long-running series of novels featuring Lancelot Priestley, a Golden Age armchair detective who works alongside the less sharp-witted Superintendent Hanslet of Scotland Yard. It was published in the United States the same year by Dodd Mead.[2]

  1. ^ Evans p.134
  2. ^ Reilly p.1257