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Inspector French and the Starvel Tragedy [Kindle Edition]

Freeman Wills Crofts (Author)
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'Mr. Wills Crofts is deservedly a first favourite with all who want a real puzzle' --Times Literary Supplement, 12th May 1931

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AN INSPECTOR FRENCH MYSTERY. The burning down of Simon Averill’s house, Starvel Hollow, appears at first to be an accident. The house has been reduced to ash, killing three people (including its owner) and incinerating the contents of the safe in which he kept his entire fortune in cash (over thirty thousand pounds). But when one of these notes appears in circulation, surely it cannot be an accident? Once again, Inspector French doggedly pursues the trail across Europe before finally unlocking the mystery when all appears to be lost.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 450 KB
  • Print Length: 244 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1780020465
  • Publisher: Langtail Press Limited (1 Feb 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B004NIG74S
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  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #70,521 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Classic Crofts 12 July 2003
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One of Crofts's most highly praised works, which lives up to its reputation with ease. A miser and his servants are burnt to death in Yorkshire; despite the verdict of accident, murder is suggested by the fact that the bank notes, which should have perished in the fire, are still in circulation. French, disguised as an insurance investigator, travels north, and from there to France and Scotland. Despite a great deal of travelling, his plodding detection is genuinely interesting, and, although he only solves the crime a minute before he arrests the murderer, he comes across as more of a thinker than in later tales. The red herrings to which he applies his mind are as fresh as the writing and characterisation; and, although the reader will not be unduly surprised by the final revelation, he will marvel at the intricacy of a highly ingenious plot, with a nice bit of body-snatching for extra merit.
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First published in 1927, this is an intricate and well written mystery. Inspector Joseph French of Scotland Yard is sent, incognito, to look into the destruction by fire of a remote house in Yorkshire which resulted in the death of the owner and two servants. The case had been closed as a tragic accident until a twenty pound note which was thought to have been destroyed in the fire turns up at a bank.

It is a refreshing change to read about a detective who does not have huge personal problems which he is battling at the same time as trying to unravel a complex case. French is an interesting and likeable character. He plods along studying the smallest details to try and work out what has happened. He asks apparently innocuous questions of the most unlikely people and gradually manages to work out the solution to the mystery.

This complex mystery will keep most readers guessing until almost the large page though the clues are there if you look back when you have finished. The book is an excellent example of the Golden Age of British crime fiction and I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys Dorothy L Sayers and Agatha Christie.
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Classic whodunnit 13 July 2011
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I love the old fashioned classic detective books and this is one of the best. I just could not put it down!
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