Biography
Cecil John Charles Street was a British army officer and a prolific writer of detective stories. He authored more than 140 novels. John Street used multiple pen names under which he produced multiple long series of novels: one under the name of John Rhode, the majority featuring the academic Dr. Priestley; another under the name of Miles Burton, the majority featuring the retired naval officer Desmond Merrion; and a third under the name Cecil Waye.
Books by Cecil John Charles Street
Death in the Hopfields
Murder at Monk's Barn
The End of the Chase
The Figure of Eight
The Paddington Mystery
The Paddington Mystery
Death Leaves No Card
The Robthorne Mystery
Death in the Tunnel
Death in the Tunnel
Making of a Gunner
Making of a Gunner
With the guns
Ask A Policeman
The Three Crimes
Death in Harley Street
The Claverton Mystery
Dr. Priestley's Quest
Dr. Priestley's Quest
Murder, M.D
Death on the boat-train
Death on the boat-train
The Corpse in the Car
Death at the inn
The fatal pool
The fatal pool
The Vanishing Diary
The Vanishing Diary
Three cousins die
Three cousins die
A Smell of Smoke
A Smell of Smoke
Licensed for murder
Licensed for murder
Bones in the Brickfield
Death of a bridegroom
Death of a bridegroom
Murder at Derivale
Murder at Derivale
Robbery with violence
Robbery with violence
The Moth-watch Murder
The Moth-watch Murder
An artist dies
An artist dies
Delayed Payment
A Crime in Time
The domestic agency
The domestic agency
Murder in Absence
The Dovebury Murders
Unwanted Corpse
Death Takes the Living
Some women won't wait; The mysterious suspect; A big hand for the corpse
The mysterious suspect
The mysterious suspect
Death at the dance
Death in Wellington Road
Death in Wellington Road
The Affair of the Substitute D
The Affair of the Substitute Doctor
The Secret Meeting
The Three Corpse Trick
The Two Graphs
Blackthorn House
A Will in the Way
Experiment in crime
Heir to Lucifer
Situation Vacant
Early Morning Murder
Murder at Bratton Grange
Not a leg to stand on
Not a leg to stand on
Out of Control / Too Many Suspects / An Eye for an Eye
Vegetable duck
Vegetable duck
Death Invades the Meeting
Death Invades the Meeting
Death Takes a Flat
Four-Ply Yarn
Men Die at Cyprus Lodge
Dead on the Track
Dead of the Night
The avon book of modern crime
The avon book of modern crime stories
The fourth bomb
Death at the Helm
Death at the Helm
Death Visits Downspring
Signal for Death
Signal for Death
Mr Westerby Missing
Murder at Lilac Cottage
Murder at Lilac Cottage
Murder in the Coal Hole
Death at Low Tide
The Bloody Tower
The Devereux Court Mystery
The House on Tollard Ridge
The House on Tollard Ridge
The Platinum Cat
Death on the Board
The Clue of the Fourteen Keys
The man with the tattooed face
The Murders in Praed Street
In Face of the Verdict
Where Is Barbara Prentice?
Hendon's first case
Mystery at Olympia
The Milk-churn Murder
The Milk-churn Murder
Poison for One
Shot at Dawn
Tragedy at the thirteenth hole
Tragedy at the thirteenth hole
The Motor Rally Mystery
The mystery of High Eldersham
The mystery of High Eldersham
The Prime Minister's Pencil
The Venner Crime
Dead Men at the Folly
Death of Mr. Gantley
Murder at the Moorings
Mystery at Greycombe Farm
Tragedy on the Line
Dr. Priestley investigates
Peril at Cranbury Hall
Peril at Cranbury Hall
The Hardway diamonds mystery
The Secret of High Eldersham
Slovakia past and present
Slovakia past and present
The case of Constance Kent (Famous trials series)
Tragedy at the Unicorn
Tragedy at the Unicorn
A hundred years of printing, 1
A hundred years of printing, 1795-1895
The Ellerby Case
East of Prague
East of Prague
The double florin
The double florin
The treachery of France
The treachery of France
Upper Silesia, an economic tra
Upper Silesia, an economic tragedy
Hungary and democracy
Rhineland and Ruhr
Rhineland and Ruhr
The white menace
The white menace
The making of a gunner