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Inspector French and the Box Office Murders
- Inspector French Mystery, Book 5
- Narrated by: Phil Fox
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
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Summary
From the Collins Crime Club archive, the fifth Inspector French novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed ‘The King of Detective Story Writers’.
THE PUZZLE OF THE PURPLE SICKLE
The suicide of a sales clerk at the box office of a London cinema leaves another girl in fear for her life. Persuaded to seek help from Scotland Yard, Miss Darke confides in Inspector Joseph French about a gambling scam by a mysterious trio of crooks and that she believes her friend was murdered. When the girl fails to turn up the next day, and the police later find her body, French’s inquiries reveal that similar girls have also been murdered, all linked by their jobs and by a sinister stranger with a purple scar . . .
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‘Freeman Wills Crofts’ crimes are solved with dogged diligence and attention to detail . . . they seem to have improved with age.’ INDEPENDENT
“A detective novel by Mr. Wills Crofts is always an event to those who know … Mr. Crofts is among the few muscular writers of detective fiction. He has never let me down.”
HAROLD NICHOLSON, DAILY EXPRESS
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- Kevin Viney
- 28-01-21
Dated but Intriguing crime thriller
Insoector French is a fine character and the portrayal of police work is authentic.
The criminals and the plot are engaging and thought provoking.
Worth a listen
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- jerry lindsay
- 20-01-24
Clever 1930's mystery
FWC wrote many novels with Inspector French as the principal investigator. This story rattles along, like one of the cars of a bygone age, with the mystification of the detective eventually replaced with light. A gang is responsible for the deaths of several cinema box office girls but what they're up to and why is nicely entangled. Worth listening to - like French asking his wife's opinion - and sufficiently complex and ingenious to rank nicely with Agatha Christie and Francis Durbridge.
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- Juanita Fogarty
- 29-04-17
A great listen
I was new to Inspector French, but will be back for more. Very well performed.
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- Ginger
- 06-03-18
Excellent
I love these Inspector French books and this one did not disappoint. A tantalising puzzle.
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- Dr. V. Saunders OBE
- 21-09-17
Excellent Inspector French book
I didn't like the story quite as much as the other Inspector French books but still an excellent performance with great characters and the usual Inspector French twists and turns.
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