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The Claverton Affair (The Dr. Priestley Detective Stories)

John Rhode
4.04/5 (49 ratings)
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A scientifically minded professor is stumped by a case involving s�ances and an inexplicable inheritance . . .

After drifting apart from Sir John Claverton, Dr. Lancelot Priestley is finally visiting his old friend for dinner. But Claverton's situation is worrying. He's surrounded by relatives, among them a sister who speaks to the dead--but not to him--and a niece who may or may not be a qualified nurse. Based on Claverton's odd behavior, Priestley and a mutual friend suspect that someone is slipping him arsenic.

But when Priestley discovers that Claverton has died just a week later and shares his concerns with the police, no trace of arsenic--or anything else untoward--is found during the autopsy. Still, the perceptive professor can't shake his sense that something isn't right, and Claverton's recently revised will only adds to the mystery . . .

"The puzzle is sound, the atmosphere menacing in a splendidly gloomy way." --Jacques Barzun and Wendell Hertig Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime

"You can never go far wrong with a Dr. Priestley story." --The New York Times
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ISBN10:
1504072766
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9781504072762
kindle Asin:
B09KKR45QD

The Claverton Affair (The Dr. Priestley Detective Stories)

John Rhode
4.04/5 (49 ratings)
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A scientifically minded professor is stumped by a case involving s�ances and an inexplicable inheritance . . .

After drifting apart from Sir John Claverton, Dr. Lancelot Priestley is finally visiting his old friend for dinner. But Claverton's situation is worrying. He's surrounded by relatives, among them a sister who speaks to the dead--but not to him--and a niece who may or may not be a qualified nurse. Based on Claverton's odd behavior, Priestley and a mutual friend suspect that someone is slipping him arsenic.

But when Priestley discovers that Claverton has died just a week later and shares his concerns with the police, no trace of arsenic--or anything else untoward--is found during the autopsy. Still, the perceptive professor can't shake his sense that something isn't right, and Claverton's recently revised will only adds to the mystery . . .

"The puzzle is sound, the atmosphere menacing in a splendidly gloomy way." --Jacques Barzun and Wendell Hertig Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime

"You can never go far wrong with a Dr. Priestley story." --The New York Times
Format:
Pages:
pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
Language:
ISBN10:
1504072766
ISBN13:
9781504072762
kindle Asin:
B09KKR45QD

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