Tragedy on the Line

Tragedy on the Line is a 1931 detective novel by John Rhode, the pen name of the British writer Cecil Street.^[1] It is the tenth in his long-running series of novels featuring Lancelot Priestley, a Golden Age armchair detective who works alongside the less sharp-witted Superintendent Hanslet of Scotland Yard. It was published in the United States the same year by Dodd Mead.^[2]

Tragedy on the Line

First Edition (UK)
Author	John Rhode
Language	English
Series	Lancelot Priestley
Genre	Detective
Publisher	Collins Crime Club (UK) Dodd Mead (US)
Publication date	1931
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print
Preceded by	Pinehurst
Followed by	The Hanging Woman

Synopsis

The wealthy Gervase Wickenden is found dead on the railway line near Upton Bishop's station. Decapitated it is at first assumed he was killed by a train, until a bullet is discovered in a nearby tree. Added to this was the suspicious fact that he had changed his will only two days before, and both the old and the new version are now missing.