Inspector French and the Starvel Hollow Tragedy
Written by Freeman Wills Crofts
Narrated by Phil Fox
4/5
()
About this audiobook
From the Collins Crime Club archive, the third Inspector French novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed ‘The King of Detective Story Writers’.
THREE CORPSES FOR INSPECTOR FRENCH
A chance invitation from friends saves Ruth Averill’s life on the night her uncle’s old house in Starvel Hollow is consumed by fire, killing him and incinerating the fortune he kept in cash. Dismissed at the inquest as a tragic accident, the case is closed – until Scotland Yard is alerted to the circulation of bank-notes supposedly destroyed in the inferno. Inspector Joseph French suspects that dark deeds were done in the Hollow that night and begins to uncover a brutal crime involving arson, murder and body snatching . . .
Freeman Wills Crofts
Freeman Wills Crofts (1 June 1879 – 11 April 1957) was an Irish mystery author, best remembered for the character of Inspector Joseph French. A railway engineer by training, Crofts introduced railway themes into many of his stories, which were notable for their intricate planning. Although outshone by Agatha Christie, Raymond Chandler and other more celebrated authors from the golden age of detective fiction, he was highly esteemed by those authors, and many of his books are still in print.
More audiobooks from Freeman Wills Crofts
The Groote Park Murder Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Cask Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Pit-Prop Syndicate Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ponson Case Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hog's Back Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mystery in the Channel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Pit-Prop Syndicate (Unabridged) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Inspector French and the Starvel Hollow Tragedy
Titles in the series (6)
Inspector French’s Greatest Case Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Inspector French and the Cheyne Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Inspector French and the Starvel Hollow Tragedy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Inspector French and the Box Office Murders Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Inspector French and the Sea Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Inspector French: Sir John Magill’s Last Journey Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related audiobooks
Inspector French and the Box Office Murders Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Inspector French: Sir John Magill’s Last Journey Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Inspector French and the Cheyne Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Antidote to Venom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Inspector French’s Greatest Case Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mystery in the Channel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Inspector French and the Sea Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 12.30 From Croydon Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Murder in the Mill-Race: A Devon Mystery Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Sussex Downs Murder Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Two-Way Murder Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mystery at Olympia Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fire in the Thatch Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Murder by Matchlight Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sergeant Cluff Stands Firm Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Death in White Pyjamas & Death Knows No Calendar Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Invisible Weapons Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Pattern of Revenge Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Crossed Skis Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Surfeit of Suspects Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Checkmate to Murder Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Death Makes a Prophet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5These Names Make Clues Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Methods of Sergeant Cluff Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Murder in Piccadilly Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Scarweather Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Seven Dead Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Bit of Wire-Pulling Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Death Has Deep Roots: A Second World War Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Death at Breakfast Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Mystery For You
And Then There Were None Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Did I Kill You?: A Thriller Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Heaven’s Crooked Finger Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Complete Sherlock Holmes Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hit and Run Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5When No One Is Watching: A Thriller Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Unexpected Guest Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Listen for the Lie: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Silence of the Lambs: 25th Anniversary Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Murder on the Orient Express: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mother-Daughter Murder Night: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The River We Remember: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Woman in the Library, The Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This Tender Land Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Tell No One Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Still Life: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What Lies in the Woods: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Marple: Twelve New Mysteries Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hallowe'en Party: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Shuddering Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Death on the Nile: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Crooked House Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5One for the Money: A Stephanie Plum Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Altered Carbon Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related categories
Reviews for Inspector French and the Starvel Hollow Tragedy
25 ratings2 reviews
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Some people really have an aversion to Inspector French and Freeman Wills Crofts. The usual problem seems to be that Crofts is a bit of a plodder, a bit on the dull side and with a tendency to not inspire very much. Frankly that's rather the appeal for me. I like the way that a crime takes a matter of months rather than weeks to solve. I like seeing dead ends and false leads. I like the fact that French gets there through hard work and diligence rather than unconvincing intuition or deductions. He's far from perfect - I have no idea what Crofts was thinking when he decided it would be endearing for French to be so obsessed with getting promoted - but at his best, which I really think he is in this book, he's easily one of the finest creations of the golden age.
1 person found this helpful
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Rather a grim case -- isolated house burned down with apparently three deaths.