Hendon's First Case
Hendon's First Case is a 1935 detective novel by John Rhode, the pen name of the British writer Cecil Street. It is the twenty first in his long-running series of novels featuring Lancelot Priestley, a Golden Age of [Detective Fiction|Golden Age] armchair detective. The novel introduced the character Inspector Jimmy Waghorn, a graduate of the newly established Hendon [Police College]. Over time Waghorn would increasingly become a central figure in the series.
In his review in the New Statesman Ralph Partridge noted the similarities between Superintendent Hanslet and Inspector French in Crime at Guildford by Freeman [Wills Crofts], and concluded "Mr. Rhode has added another satisfactory but undistinguished volume to his shelf.". The Times Literary Supplement described it as a "pleasantly written, well-constructed book".