 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | John Rhode |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Lancelot Priestley |
| Genre | Detective |
| Publisher | Collins Crime Club (UK) Dodd Mead (US) |
Publication date | 1944 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Preceded by | Death Invades the Meeting |
| Followed by | Bricklayer's Arms |
Vegetable Duck is a 1944 detective novel by John Rhode, the pen name of the British writer Cecil Street.[1] It is the fortieth in his long-running series of novels featuring Lancelot Priestley, a Golden Age armchair detective. The title refers to a dish including a Marrow stuffed with minced beef, which features in the plot. It has been described as "one of the oddest titles for a detective novel in the genre". Although written during wartime, the setting was post-war. It was published in America by Dodd Mead under the alternative title Too Many Suspects.[2]