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    The Ponson Case
    The Ponson Case
    The Ponson Case
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    The Ponson Case

    Written by Freeman Wills Crofts

    Narrated by Stephen Critchlow

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    From the Collins Crime Club archive, the forgotten second novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed ‘The King of Detective Story Writers’ and recognised as one of the ‘big four’ Golden Age crime authors.

    When the body of Sir William Ponson is found in the Cranshaw River near his home of Luce Manor, it is assumed to be an accident – until the evidence points to murder. Inspector Tanner of Scotland Yard discovers that those who would benefit most from Sir William’s death seem to have unbreakable alibis, and a mysterious fifth man whose footprints were found at the crime scene is nowhere to be found . . .

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateJan 28, 2016
    ISBN9780008159320
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    Freeman Wills Crofts

    Freeman Wills Crofts (1879–1957) was an Irish author of detective fiction. Born in Dublin, he spent decades as a railroad engineer in Northern Ireland. When a long illness kept him away from work, he wrote The Cask (1920), a mystery novel that launched him to immediate popularity. He continued writing after he returned to work, finally leaving the railroad in 1929 to write full time. His best-known novels include The Starvel Hollow Tragedy (1927) and The 12:30 from Croydon (1934).

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    • 3/5
      Good for pandemic light listening. Removing oneself from 21st century.
    • 5/5
      Thank you to the writer and the narrator. It is unfortunate that the last piece of the puzzle in this case, which always comes at the end of a murder/mystery, was an anticlimax. To leave my review on a positive note - The joy is not the destination but on the ride.