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OverviewFrom the Collins Crime Club archive, the first Inspector French novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed ‘The King of Detective Story Writers’. THE FIRST INSPECTOR FRENCH MYSTERY At the offices of the Hatton Garden diamond merchant Duke and Peabody, the body of old Mr Gething is discovered beside a now-empty safe. With multiple suspects, the robbery and murder is clearly the work of a master criminal, and requires a master detective to solve it. Meticulous as ever, Inspector Joseph French of Scotland Yard embarks on an investigation that takes him from the streets of London to Holland, France and Spain, and finally to a ship bound for South America . . . Full Product DetailsAuthor: Freeman Wills CroftsPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers Imprint: Collins Crime Club Volume: Book 1 Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.270kg ISBN: 9780008328573ISBN 10: 0008328579 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 13 August 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviews`Because he is so austerely realistic, Freeman Wills Croft is deservedly a first favourite with all who want a real puzzle.' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT If there is a better writer of detective stories alive, I would like to know his name. GLASGOW CITIZEN Author InformationOnce dubbed ‘The King of Detective Story Writers’, Freeman Wills Crofts was an Irish railway engineer whose brilliant first mystery novel, The Cask, was motivated by an extended illness in 1919. Outselling Agatha Christie, and renowned for his ingenious plotting and meticulous attention to detail, Crofts followed up with The Ponson Case (1921) and no less than thirty books featuring the iconic Scotland Yard detective, Inspector French. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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