Freeman Wills Crofts

Seymour Merriman stops at the side of the road 26 miles outside Bordeaux, an action that will change his life forever. The events that follo…

Inspector French of Scotland Yard follows the clues of a Hatton Garden murder-heist case leading him far and wide both in Britain and in the…

A railway engineer by training, Freeman Wills Crofts often relied on railway themes for his plots, with careful attention to details and sch…

Though he went on to write dozens of other novels over an almost 40-year career, his debut work--this 1920 detective mystery--is considered …

During a seemingly innocent fishing trip, a sunken crate with an unidentified body is accidentally discovered. Inspector French must employ …

An orphan girl goes on a surprise trip to meet her father's old acquaintance at York, very much relieved to be away albeit for a few days fr…

Where is Sir William? His butler and valet are concerned. He disappeared after dinner and is late retiring to bed. Did Sir William walk over…

Sir William Ponson is found dead. His son and his nephew look uneasy to the eyes of Inspector Tanner of Scotland Yard and naturally the dili…