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Major Cecil John Charles Street

Male : Novelist & Writer. He lived in Seaford, Sussex and died in Eastbourne. His Miles Burton pseudonym remained a secret until the 1960s
Nationality : English Date of Birth : 1884 Date of Death : 1965 Age : 81

Pseudonyms : John Rhode. Miles Burton

Other Work : Major in the British Army
As Miles Burton
1930-1935
The Hardway Diamonds Mystery
(1930)
The Secret of High Eldersham
(1931 Mystery League Inc)
Menace on the Downs
(1931)
The Three Crimes
(1931)
The Death of Mr Gantley
(1932)
Death at the Crossroads
(1933)
Fate at the Fair
(1933)
Tragedy at the 13th Hole
(1933)
The Charabanc Mystery
(1934)
To Catch a Thief
(1934)
The Milk Churn Murder
(1935) (in US as "The Clue of the Silver Brush")
The Devereaux Court Mystery
(1935)

1936-1940
Death in the Tunnel
(1936) (in US as "Dark is the Tunnel")
Murder of a Chemist
(1936)
Where is Barbara Prentice ?
(1936) (in US as "The Clue of the Silver Cellar")
Death at the Club
(1937) (in US as "The Clue of the Fourteen Keys")
Murder in Crown Passage
(1937) (in US as "The Man with the Tattooed Face")
Death at Low Tide
(1938)
The Platinum Cat
(1938)
Death Leaves no Card
(1939)
Mr Babbacombe Dies
(1939)
Murder in the Coalhole
(1940) (in US as "Written in Dust")
Mr Westerby Missing
(1940)
Death Takes a Flat
(1940) (in US as Vacancy with Corpse")

1941-1945
Death of Two Brothers
(1941)
Up the Garden Path
(1941) (in US as "Death Visits Downspring")
This Undesirable Residence
(1942) (in US as "Death at Ash House")
Dead Stop
(1943)
Murder, M.D.
(1943) (in US as "Who Killed the Doctor ?")
The Four-Play Yarn
(1944) (in US as "The Shadow on the Cliff")
The Three-Corpse Trick
(1944)
Early Morning Murder
(1945 Collins) (in Us as "Accidents Do Happen")
Not a Leg to Stand on
(1945 Collins)

1946-1950
The Cat Jumps
(1946)
Situation Vacant
(1946 Collins)
Heir to Lucifer
(1947)
A Will in the Way
(1947)
Death in Shallow Water
(1948)
Devil's Reckoning
(1948)
Death Takes the Living
(1949 Collins) (in US as "The Disappearing Parson")
Look Alive
(1949 Collins)
Ground for Suspicion
(1950)
A Village Afraid
(1950)

As Miles Burton
1951 Onwards
Beware Your Neighbour
(1951 Collins)
Murder Out of School
(1951)
Murder on Duty
(1952)
Heir to Murder
(1953)
Something to Hide
(1953)
Murder in Absence
(1954)
Unwanted Corpse
(1954)
A Crime in Time
(1955)
Murder Unrecognized
(1955 Collins 10/6)
Death in a Duffle Coat
(1956)
Found Drowned
(1956)
The Chinese Puzzle
(1957 Collins)
The Moth Watcher
(1957 Collins)
Bones in the Brickfield
(1958)
Death Takes a Detour
(1958)
Return from the Dead
(1959)
A Smell of Smoke
(1959 Collins)
Legacy of Death
(1960 Collins)
Death Paints a Picture
(1960)

As John Rhode
1921-1925
The Administration of Ireland
(1921)
Ireland in 1921
(1922)
Rhineland and the Ruhr
(1923)
Hungary & Democracy
(1923)
East of Prague
(1924)
A.S.F.
(1924) (in US as "The White Menace")
The Double Florin
(1924)
The Treachery of France
(1924)
The Alarm
(1925)
The Paddington Mystery
(1925 Bles)

1926-1930
Dr Priestley's Quest
(1926)
The Ellerby Case
(1927)
Mademoiselle from Armentieres
(1927 Bles)
The Case of Constance Kent
(1928)
The Murders in Praed Street
(1928 Bles) (1928 Dodd Mead)
[Considered to be his best book]
[Filmed in 1936 as "Twelve Good Men"]
Tragedy at "The Unicorn"
(1928)
Lord Reading
(1928)
The House at Tollard Ridge
(1929)
The Davidson Case
(1929) (in US as "Murder at Bratton Grange")
Peril at Cranbury Hall
(1930)
Thomas Masaryk
(
Pinehurst (1930) (in US as "Dr Priestley Investigates")
Tragedy on the Line
(1930)

1931-1935
The Hanging Woman
(1931)
Mystery at Greycombe Farm
(1932) (in US as "The Fire at Greycombe Farm")
Dead Men at the Folly
(1932)
The Motor Rally Mystery
(1933) (in US as "Dr Priestley Lays a Trap")
The Venner Crime
(1933 Odhams Press)
The Claverton Mystery
(1933 Collins) (1933 Dodd Mead as "The Claverton Affair")
The Robthorne Mystery
(1934)
Poison for One
(1934)
Shot at Dawn
(1934)
The Corpse in the Car
(1935)
Hendon's First Case
(1935)
Mystery at Olympia
(1935) (in US as "Murder at the Motor Show")

1936-1940
Death at Breakfast
(1936)
In the Face of the Verdict
(1936)
Death in the Hop Fields
(1937) (in US as "The Harvest Murder")
Death on the Board
(1937) (in US as "Death Sits on the Board")
Proceed with Caution
(1937) (in US as "Body Unidentified")
Invisible Weapons
(1938)
The Bloody Tower
(1938) (in US as "Tower of Evil")
Death Pays a Dividend
(1939)
Drop to His Death
(1939) (in US as "Fatal Descent") - with Carter Dickson
Death on Sunday
(1939) (in US as "The Elm Tree Murder")
Death on the Boat Train
(1940)
Murder at Lilac Cottage
(1940)

1941-1945
Death at the Helm
(1941)
They Watched by Night
(1941) (in US as "Signal for Death")
The Fourth Bomb
(1942 Collins)
Dead on the Track
(1943)
Men Die at Cyprus Lodge
(1943)
Death Invades the Meeting
(1944)
Vegetable Duck
(1944) (in US as "Too Many Suspects")
Bricklayer's Arms
(1945) (in US as "Shadow of a Crime")

1946-1950
The Lake House
(1946 Bles) (in US as "The Secret of the Lake House")
Death in Harley Street
(1946 Bles) (1947 Dodd Mead)
Nothing But the Truth
(1947 Bles) (1947 Dodd Mead as "Experiment in Crime")
Death of an Author
(1947 Bles) (1948 Dodd Mead)
The Paper Bag
(1948) (in US as "The Links in the Chain")
The Telephone Call
(1948) (in US as "Shadow of an Alibi")
Blackthorn House
(1949)
Up the Garden Path
(1949 Bles) (in US as "The Fatal Garden")
The Two Graphs
(1950) (in US as "Double Identities")
Family Affairs
(1950) (in US as "The Last Suspect")

1951-1955
Dr Goodwood's Locum
(1951) (in US as "The Affair of the Substitute Doctor")
The Secret Meeting
(1951 Bles)
Death at the Dance
(1952)
By Registered Post
(1952 Bles) (in US as "The Mysterious Suspect")
Death on Wellington Road
(1952 Bles)
Death at the Inn
(1953) (in US as "The Case of the Forty Thieves")
The Dovebury Murders
(1954 Bles)
Death on the Lawn
(1954)
Domestic Agency
(1955) (in US as "Grave Matters" 1955)
Death of a Godmother
(1955) (in US as "Delayed Payment")

1956 Onwards
An Artist Dies
(1956) (in US as " Death of an Artist")
Open Verdict
(1956)
Robbery with Violence
(1957 Bles)
Death of a Bridegroom
(1957)
Murder at Derivale
(1958 Geoffrey Bles) (1958 Dodd Mead)
Death Takes a Partner
(1958)
Licensed for Murder
(1959 Dodd Mead)
Three Cousins Die
(1959)
Twice Dead
(1960)
The Fatal Pool
(1960)
The Vanishing Diary
(1961)

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