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Inspector French and the Sea Mystery
Inspector French and the Sea Mystery
Inspector French and the Sea Mystery
Audiobook7 hours

Inspector French and the Sea Mystery

Written by Freeman Wills Crofts

Narrated by Phil Fox

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From the Collins Crime Club archive, the fourth Inspector French novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed ‘The King of Detective Story Writers’.

THE BODY THAT CAME FROM NOWHERE

Off the coast of Burry Port in south Wales, two fishermen discover a shipping crate and manage to haul it ashore. Inside is the decomposing body of a brutally murdered man. With nothing to indicate who he is or where it came from, the local police decide to call in Scotland Yard. Fortunately Inspector Joseph French does not believe in insoluble cases – there are always clues to be found if you know what to look for. Testing his theories with his accustomed thoroughness, French’s ingenuity sets him off on another investigation . . .

LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperCollins
Release dateJan 12, 2017
ISBN9780008190699
Author

Freeman Wills Crofts

Freeman Wills Crofts (1 June 1879 – 11 April 1957) was an Irish mystery author, best remembered for the character of Inspector Joseph French. A railway engineer by training, Crofts introduced railway themes into many of his stories, which were notable for their intricate planning. Although outshone by Agatha Christie, Raymond Chandler and other more celebrated authors from the golden age of detective fiction, he was highly esteemed by those authors, and many of his books are still in print.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Fantastic crime story and excellently read. Lots of twists and turns with some intriguing thought processes going on.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    To me, this story is a bit too close to the classic The Cask, as it also involves finding a dead body in a container, this time a crate in the sea. As usual it is competently handled by Inspector French.