Detective Club Crime Classics The Cask, (Paperback)

from ygifford

First published in 1920 a golden age mystery book, The events take place in 1912 in both England and France. This is the first book for Freeman Wills Crofts, Interesting read with lost of turn, threads and complex plot. Good book overall with a solid. 3 stars rating. Keep in mind the age of the b...

from ygifford

First published in 1920 a golden age mystery book, The events take place in 1912 in both England and France. This is the first book for Freeman Wills Crofts, Interesting read with lost of turn, threads and complex plot. Good book overall with a solid. 3 stars rating. Keep in mind the age of the b...

from ygifford

First published in 1920 a golden age mystery book, The events take place in 1912 in both England and France. This is the first book for Freeman Wills Crofts, Interesting read with lost of turn, threads and complex plot. Good book overall with a solid. 3 stars rating. Keep in mind the age of the b...

from antiquary

Freeman Wills Crofts' first mystery, about a wine cask unloaded from a ship from France found to contain gold sovereigns, sawdust, and a woman's body --a cask which vanishes soon after it is discovered. Like several of Crofts' other stories it makes use of his personal professional expertise as e...

from jetangen4571

law-enforcement, procedural, Paris, London, murder-investigation ***** A classic work combining the Surete and Scotland Yard meticulously digging about in order to get the right murderer enclosed in an airtight legal case in 1912. The plot crisscrosses the channel and has more twists and red herr...