Freeman Wills Crofts

Inspector French's Greatest Case

We begin with a body. Andrew Crowther, a wealthy retired manufacturer, is found dead in his seat on the 12.30 flight from Croydon to Paris. Rather less orthodox is the ensuing flashback in which we live with the killer at every stage, from the first thoughts of murder to the strains and stresses of living with its execution. Seen from the criminal's perspective, a mild-mannered Inspector by the name of French is simply another character who needs to be dealt with This is an unconventional yet gripping story of intrigue, betrayal, obsession, justification and self-delusion. And will the killer get away with it?

The 12. 30 from Croydon

From a busy shipyard where a mysterious consignment reveals a pile of gold and the severed hand of an unidentified woman, Inspector Burnley follows the clues left by an enigmatic stranger to the seamy side of urban Paris to unravel a web of crime.

The Cask

Dr James Earle and his wife live in comfortable seclusion near the Hog's Back, in the Surrey countryside. When Dr Earle disappears, Inspector French is called in to investigate. At first he suspects a simple domestic intrigue, but the case soon takes a more complex turn. Other people also vanish mysteriously, but if they have been murdered, what can be the motive? This fiendishly complicated puzzle is one that only the inspector can solve.

The Hog's Back Mystery

Edgar Wallace

G. K. Chesterton

Murray Leinster

Carolyn Wells

Arthur Morrison

A. A. Milne

Allan Pinkerton

H. Beam Piper

John R. Coryell

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Thomas W. Hanshew

Ambrose Bierce

Louis Tracy

Arthur Conan Doyle

Edgar Allan Poe

Wilkie Collins

Arthur Cheney Train

Louis Joseph Vance

Dorothy L. Sayers

A. E. W. Mason

Arthur B. Reeve

Fred M. White

Ernest Bramah

Cleveland Moffett

R. Austin Freeman

William Le Queux

Marie Belloc Lowndes

E. C. Bentley

Sax Rohmer

Mary Roberts Rinehart

Richard Marsh

Anna Katharine Green

Auguste Groner

E. W. Hornung

Émile Gaboriau

Frederic Arnold Kummer

Arthur J. Rees

Jackson Gregory

Frank H. Spearman

Agatha Christie

Catherine Louisa Pirkis

H. C. McNeile

Victor L. Whitechurch

J. S. Fletcher

Rober Barr

Melville Davisson Post

Marcel Allain

Erskine Childers

Frank L. Packard

Pierre Souvestre

Frank Froest

James Hay

C. N. Williamson

A. M. Williamson

Isabel Ostander

Anna Maynard Barbour

H.C. Bailey

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This collection of stories formed the basis of eighteen short plays entitled Inspector French's Cases. Half are presented as 'double' stories, in which the criminal first describes his actions and then French tells how he learnt the truth. French is the narrator of the 'single' stories.

Murderers Make Mistakes

Dulcie Heath is looking forward to meeting Frank Roscoe after six years. He has been abroad in the army and she hopes they will marry. But Roscoe tells her he stole money to pay off a gambling debt and is now being blackmailed. So begins a story that goes on to include an apparent suicide and investigations under Inspector French.

Silence for the Murderer

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Antidote to Venom

Seymour Merriman would not have even imagined that a little bit of help from strangers would catapult him into the world of crime syndicate, spanning two continents. He had only followed Lorry Number 3 in the hopes of getting some petrol for his bike. But that ended up with him noticing that the number plates had been changed! Why were the number plates changed? Who were these people whom Seymour had inadvertently met?

The Pit-Prop Syndicate

"One of the classics of modern crime fiction." — The New York Times While London dockworkers are struggling to unload a shipment of French wine, one of the heavy casks falls, shatters and reveals its cargo—sawdust, gold coins, and a female corpse. But by the time the police arrive, the barrel has vanished along with its macabre contents. Enter Inspector Burnley of Scotland Yard, who traces the cask to Paris, where he enlists the help of detective M. Lefarge of the Sûreté. Together, they hunt for the identity of the anonymous victim and her devious killer, traversing a maze of clues, alibis, red herrings, and lies. This top-notch procedural, along with Agatha Christie's first novel, marked the start of the golden age of the detective story. Freeman Wills Crofts, one of the "Big Four" mystery writers of the era, provides fascinating insights into early twentieth-century methods of murder investigation as well as atmospheric glimpses of the shipping business in London and Paris in the years after World War I.

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The Pit Prop Syndicate

Freeman Wills Crofts (1879-1957) was one of Canada's formost mystery authors. The Ponson Case, which features Inspector Tanner, is a complex mystery sure to appeal to fans of J.S. Fletcher and other Golden Age authors.

The Ponson Case

George Surridge, director of the Birmington Zoo, is a man with many worries: his marriage is collapsing; his finances are insecure; and an outbreak of disease threatens the animals in his care. As his debts mount and the pressure on him increases, he begins to dream of miracle solutions. But is he cunning enough to turn his dreams into reality - and could he commit the most devious murder in pursuit of his goals?

The Mystery of the Sleeping Car Express and Other Stories

'Mystery of the sleeping car express' is Freeman Wills Crofts' earliest short story. At its heart are the expertly researched themes of trains as the author uses his vast knowledge of the world of the railway to establish one of his most complex and gripping cases. There are nine other stories in this collection. In each case the murderer gives the game away to the investigator. Can the reader spot this before Inspector French explains it?

Mystery of the Sleeping Car Express

AN INSPECTOR FRENCH MYSTERY. Three men come up with a scheme to make money by cruising round the British Isles in an old transatlantic liner. All appears to be going well until one of them is found dead. Many of the passengers and crew would appear to have motive to kill the man, but all of them would seem to have an alibi. It takesthe full extentof Inspector French's analytical skills to unpick the crime.

Fatal Venture

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