Inspector French and the Starvel Holl..., Freeman Wills Crofts
Inspector French and the Starvel Holl..., Freeman Wills Crofts
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Inspector French and the Starvel Hollow Tragedy

Author: Freeman Wills Crofts

Narrator: Phil Fox

Unabridged: 9 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 01/12/2017

Synopsis

From the Collins Crime Club archive, the third Inspector French novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed ‘The King of Detective Story Writers’. THREE CORPSES FOR INSPECTOR FRENCH A chance invitation from friends saves Ruth Averill’s life on the night her uncle’s old house in Starvel Hollow is consumed by fire, killing him and incinerating the fortune he kept in cash. Dismissed at the inquest as a tragic accident, the case is closed – until Scotland Yard is alerted to the circulation of bank-notes supposedly destroyed in the inferno. Inspector Joseph French suspects that dark deeds were done in the Hollow that night and begins to uncover a brutal crime involving arson, murder and body snatching . . .

About Freeman Wills Crofts

The author, Freeman Wills Crofts (1879–1957), was ill for a prolonged period but spent time turning out his first novel in 1919. It caught on and he was soon recognized as a respected creator of detective fiction. That led to this book about Inspector French in 1924 and the Scotland Yard investigator became his favorite character. This was a big beginning for his literary work and he turned out a book practically every year over the next three decades.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lady Wesley

Review of the audiobook narrated by Phil Fox This is my first encounter with Golden Age detective author Freeman Wills Crofts, and I do have mixed feelings. This book, featuring Scotland Yard's Inspector French, was published as a serial in 1927, and perhaps that is why it seems longer than it needs......more

Goodreads review by Puzzle

Excellent example of what Freeman Wills Crofts was the master of. Full review at classicmystery.blog......more

Goodreads review by Calum

B+: Superb, but probably a suspect light. Beautifully reasoned. Highly recommend.......more

Quotes

“Freeman Wills Crofts is the only author who gives us intricate crime in fiction as it might really be, and not as the irreflective would like it to be.” OBSERVER “A detective novel by Mr. Wills Crofts is always an event to those who know … Mr. Crofts is among the few muscular writers of detective fiction. He has never let me down.”HAROLD NICOLSON, DAILY EXPRESS

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