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Freeman Wills Crofts
From the Collins Crime Club archive, the first Inspector French novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed ‘The King of Detective Story Writers’.
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From the Collins Crime Club archive, the second Inspector French novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed ‘The King of Detective Story Writers’.
From the Collins Crime Club archive, the fifth Inspector French novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed ‘The King of Detective Story Writers’.
From a murder in South Africa to the tracking down of a master criminal in northern Scotland, this is a true classic of Golden Age detective fiction by one of…
To mark the publishing centenary of Freeman Wills Crofts, ‘The King of Detective Story Writers’, this is one of six classic crime novels being issued in 2020 featuring Inspector French…
A classic crime novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, ‘The King of Detective Story Writers’, featuring Inspector French, coming soon to television.
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A suspicious cask arrives in London dock which when unloading slips and cracks open to reveal gold sovereigns. While the bystanders scramble to pick up the gold, the dock inspector…
When the dead body of Sir William Ponson is found in a nearby river, he is presumed to have died due to drowning. But then the clues start pointing towards…
THE RETURN OF INSPECTOR FRENCH
When young…
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From the Collins Crime Club archive, the third standalone novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, dubbed “The King of Detective Story Writers’.
We begin with a body. Andrew Crowther, a wealthy retired manufacturer, is found dead in his seat on the 12.30 flight from Croydon to Paris. Rather less orthodox is the…
Freeman Wills Croft
Murder, Scotland Yard, bidness. What more could you want? By Freeman Wills Croft.
From the Collins Crime Club archive, the fourth Inspector French novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed ‘The King of Detective Story Writers’.
Two wealthy business men are found shot dead on a Yacht with no murder weapon in sight. Inspector Joseph French is called onto the scene uncovering a business on the…
Dr James Earle and his wife live in comfortable seclusion near the Hog’s Back, a ridge in the North Downs in the beautiful Surrey countryside. When Dr Earle disappears from…
George Surridge, director of the Birmington Zoo, is a man with many worries: his marriage is collapsing; his finances are insecure; and an outbreak of disease threatens the animals in…
From the Collins Crime Club archive, the sixth Inspector French novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed ‘The King of Detective Story Writers’.
From the Collins Crime Club archive, the seminal first novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed ‘The King of Detective Story Writers’ and recognised as one of the ‘big four’…
James Wills
The Irish nation, its history and its biography - Vol. II is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1871. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different…
The Irish nation, its history & its biography - Vol. 3 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1871. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different…
The Irish nation, its history & its biography - Vol. IV is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1871. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
This book, Letters on the philosophy of unbelief, by James Wills, is a replication of a book originally published before 1835. It has been restored by human beings, page by…
The Idolatress - And other Poems is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1868. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research…
The Irish nation, its history & its biography - Vol. 1 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1871. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different…
This comprehensive biographical dictionary covers the lives of important figures from Irish history, from mythological heroes to political leaders of the nineteenth century. With detailed entries and informative illustrations, it…
In this poignant and powerful memoir, James Wills reflects on his life as an Irish immigrant in America. Recounting memories of his childhood in Dublin, his struggles to adapt to…
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe…