author
Cecil J. C. (Cecil John Charles) Street
1884–1964
A master of classic puzzle mysteries, this prolific British writer helped shape the Golden Age of detective fiction through ingenious plots and several memorable pen names. Before turning to crime novels, he also had a distinguished military career that fed into some of his nonfiction and wartime writing.
2 Audiobooks
With the Guns
by Cecil J. C. (Cecil John Charles) Street
Hungary and Democracy
by Cecil J. C. (Cecil John Charles) Street
About the author
Born in Gibraltar in 1884, Cecil John Charles Street served as an artillery officer in the British Army and later became a major. During the First World War he worked in propaganda for MI7, and he was awarded both the Military Cross and the OBE.
He is best remembered as a remarkably productive crime writer. Publishing chiefly as John Rhode and Miles Burton, he wrote well over 100 detective novels, including the long-running Dr. Lancelot Priestley series, and became one of the notable names of Britain’s Golden Age of detective fiction.
Street also wrote under other signatures, including his own name, and his work ranged beyond fiction into nonfiction and political writing. He died in 1964, leaving behind a large body of clever, methodical mysteries that still appeal to readers who enjoy fair-play detection and intricate plotting.