Inspector French and the Starvel Tragedy

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UT THIS BOOK The tragedy which occurred at the lonely old house in Starvel Hollow is, as far as its outward appearance goes, founded on real life. In the evening the house is standing as usual, everything about it apparently normal. The next morning it is a heap of smouldering ruins from which later on the almost cremated remains of its three inmates are taken. An inquest is held, a verdict of accidental d ith returned, and the affair passes from the public mind. If much really happened in South-east England. But at Starvel the matter does not end with the inquest. Somé weeks later an incident occurs which makes an astute bank manager suspect something other than accident. Inspector French is called in, and though himself at first sceptical, he finds that dark and terrible deeds were done in the Hollow during that tragic night. Eventually he brings the guilty to justice after much dogged perseverance and sheer hard work. " The public expects Mr. Crofts to tie new knots of criminal... Tovább

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UT THIS BOOK The tragedy which occurred at the lonely old house in Starvel Hollow is, as far as its outward appearance goes, founded on real life. In the evening the house is standing as usual, everything about it apparently normal. The next morning it is a heap of smouldering ruins from which later on the almost cremated remains of its three inmates are taken. An inquest is held, a verdict of accidental d ith returned, and the affair passes from the public mind. If much really happened in South-east England. But at Starvel the matter does not end with the inquest. Somé weeks later an incident occurs which makes an astute bank manager suspect something other than accident. Inspector French is called in, and though himself at first sceptical, he finds that dark and terrible deeds were done in the Hollow during that tragic night. Eventually he brings the guilty to justice after much dogged perseverance and sheer hard work. " The public expects Mr. Crofts to tie new knots of criminal complication. Before his invention, mine eyes dazzle."-Ivor Brown in The Observer. " A detective növel by Mr. Crofts is always an event to those who know."-Harold Nicolson in The Daily Express. " Mr. Crofts is the master of this austere, unsensational but -to minds who enjoy stubborn but logical reasoning-enthralling type of puzzle fiction.Michael Sadleir. Vissza