The Groote Park Murder
Collins, 1923.
First edition. 8vo. Publisher's original navy cloth with red lettering on the front board and spine. A near fine copy, with some light wear to the spine ends and previous owners inscription on the front paste-down.
This is the last of Freeman Wills Crofts's standalone crime novels, foreshadowing his iconic Inspector French series. 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.
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