From the Collins Crime Club archive, the forgotten second novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed âThe King of Detective Story Writersâ and recognised as one of the âbig fourâ 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 â until the evidence points to murder. Inspector Tanner of Scotland Yard discovers that those who would benefit most from Sir Williamâs death seem to have unbreakable alibis, and a mysterious fifth man whose footprints were found at the crime scene is nowhere to be found . . .
Bookish
2024-04-14
But of an unexpected ending and a little HEA.