Mystery in the Channel, Freeman Wills Crofts
Mystery in the Channel, Freeman Wills Crofts
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Mystery in the Channel

Author: Freeman Wills Crofts

Narrator: Gordon Griffin

Unabridged: 8 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Soundings

Published: 03/01/2017


Synopsis

The captain of the Newhaven to Dieppe steamer spots a small pleasure yacht lying motionless in the water, and on closer inspection, sees a body lying on the deck. When members of his crew go aboard the yacht, they find not one male corpse but two. The dead men were chairman and vice-chairman of Moxon General Securities, one of the largest financial houses in the country. Inspector Joseph French of Scotland Yard is called in. French soon discovers that Moxon's is on the brink of collapse. Moxon and Deeping seem to have been fleeing the country with their ill-gotten gains, but who killed them, and how?

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 Ivonne on February 04, 2017

Inspector French of Scotland Yard’s C.I.D. isn’t a genius like Dame Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot. He’s not flamboyant like Dorothy L. Sayers’ Lord Peter Wimsey or Margery Allingham’s Albert Campion. He’s not colorful and likable like John Bude’s Inspector William Meredith. He’s not a curmudgeon......more

Goodreads review by John on April 16, 2023

This is a police procedural par excellence. I would have given it five stars but there was one point overlooked by French that I spotted straight away which would have helped him solve the case much more quickly. As always, FWC played fair with the reader by giving access to all French's thoughts an......more