The Paper Bag
 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | John Rhode |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Lancelot Priestley |
| Genre | Detective |
| Publisher | Geoffrey Bles (UK) Dodd Mead (US) |
Publication date | 1948 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Preceded by | Death of an Author |
| Followed by | The Telephone Call |
The Paper Bag is a 1948 detective novel by John Rhode, the pen name of the British writer Cecil Street.[1][2] It is the forty sixth in his long-running series of novels featuring Lancelot Priestley, a Golden Age armchair detective. It was published in America by Dodd Mead under the alternative title The Links in the Chain.[3]
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