Collins, 1936.
First edition. In publisher's original orange cloth with black lettering on the front board and spine. A very good copy with fading to the spine, spotting to the page edges and some splashes to the front board.
An Inspector French novel. Freeman Wills Crofts, an Irish civil engineer and later full-time author, begun writing during the Golden Age of crime fiction. He was a prolific author, writing both short stories and novels, later halted by his declining health. He had over thirty books published in his lifetime. There are glimpses of mathematics and railway operation throughout his novels, alibi's featuring transport timetables and mysteries set on trains.
Stock ID: 46043
£50.00