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This story in two parts concerns a scheme to launch a cruise ship to travel round the British Isles. Part one tells events from the point of view of the young hero, who innocently covers up elements of the crime to protect his girlfriend. In part two Inspector French solves the mystery.
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Freeman Wills Crofts was born in Dublin in 1879 and died in 1957. He worked for a Northern Irish railway company as an engineer until 1929, before turning to detective fiction His plots reveal his mathematical training and he specialised in the seemingly unbreakable alibi, laying layer upon layer within his stories. He loved ships and trains and the intricacies of transport timetables feature in many of his stories. Crofts’ best-known character is Inspector Joseph French. French appears for the first time in Inspector French’s Greatest Case. He is a detective who achieves his results through dogged persistence.
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- PublisherLondon: House of Stratus
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 1842323903
- ISBN 13 9781842323908
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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London: House of Stratus
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ISBN 10: 1842323903
ISBN 13: 9781842323908
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. Softcover. Clean text -- NO writing. Some liight wear to cover including head of spine. But, a good reading. Seller Inventory # mon0000177835
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