Invisible Weapons
By (Author) John Rhode
HarperCollins Publishers
Collins Crime Club
3rd March 2018
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Classic crime and mystery fiction
823.912
Paperback
288
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 18mm
210g
A classic crime novel by one of the most highly regarded exponents of the genre.
The murder of old Mr Fransham while washing his hands in his nieces cloakroom was one of the most astounding problems that ever confronted Scotland Yard. Not only was there a policeman in the house at the time, but there was an ugly wound in the victims forehead and nothing in the locked room that could have inflicted it.
The combined efforts of Superintendent Hanslet and Inspector Waghorn brought no answer and the case was dropped. It was only after another equally baffling murder had been committed that Dr Lancelot Priestleys orderly and imaginative deductions began to make the connections that would solve this extraordinary case.
John Rhode never lets you down. A carefully worked out plot, precise detection, with no logical flaws or jumping to conclusions, and enough of character and atmosphere to carry the thing along.
FRANCIS ILES in the DAILY TELEGRAPH
Any murder planned by Mr Rhode is bound to be ingenious. OBSERVER
John Rhode well deserves his reputation as a constructor of almost flawless detective story plots. To read any of his tales is a very agreeable intellectual exercise.
DAILY MAIL
John Rhode was born Cecil Street in 1884. Although little is known about him he enjoyed a distinguised military career and was awarded an OBE. He was the author of 140 novels under the names John Rhode, Miles Burton and Cecil Wade. Cecil Street died in 1964.