The Murders in Praed Street

A string of seemingly unconnected deaths along a busy London street sets this Golden Age puzzle in motion. It begins when James Tovey, a well-liked greengrocer, is killed, and soon another resident of Praed Street dies under equally strange circumstances. As fear spreads and the police struggle to find a pattern, the elderly herbalist Elmer Ludgrove and Tovey’s daughter Ivy are drawn into the affair, while the coldly logical Dr. Lancelot Priestley turns his reasoning on what looks like a patient campaign of revenge. John Rhode builds his case with careful detail and a fair-play structure that rewards close attention. This classic 1928 mystery is offered here as a free PDF and EPUB edition.