They Watched by Night

They Watched by Night

First Edition (US)
Author	John Rhode
Language	English
Series	Lancelot Priestley
Genre	Detective
Publisher	Collins Crime Club (UK) Dodd Mead (US)
Publication date	1941
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print
Preceded by	Death at the Helm
Followed by	The Fourth Bomb

They Watched by Night is a 1941 detective novel by John Rhode, the pen name of the British writer Cecil Street.^[1][2] It is the thirty fifth in his long-running series of novels featuring Lancelot Priestley, a Golden Age armchair detective.^[3] It was published in the United States by Dodd Mead with the alternative title Signal for Death.^[4]

References

1. Evans p.248
2. Magill p.1417
3. Reilly p.1257
4. Reilly p.1257

Bibliography

• Evans, Curtis. Masters of the "Humdrum" Mystery: Cecil John Charles Street, Freeman Wills Crofts, Alfred Walter Stewart and the British Detective Novel, 1920-1961. McFarland, 2014.
• Magill, Frank Northen . Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction: Authors, Volume 3. Salem Press, 1988.
• Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.