Bibliograph

The hog's back mystery, a british library crime classic, Freeman Wills Crofts

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The hog's back mystery, a british library crime classic, Freeman Wills Crofts

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The hog's back mystery

Nature of contents

dictionaries

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Freeman Wills Crofts

Sub title

a british library crime classic

Summary

Dr. James Earle and his wife live in comfortable seclusion near the Hog's Back, a ridge in the North Downs in the beautiful Surrey countryside. When Dr. Earle disappears from his cottage, Inspector French is called in to investigate. At first he suspects a simple domestic intrigue{u2026}and begins to uncover a web of romantic entanglements beneath the couple's peaceful rural life. The case soon takes a more complex turn. Other people vanish mysteriously, one of Dr. Earle's house guests among them. What is the explanation for the disappearances? If the missing people have been murdered, what can be the motive? This fiendishly complicated puzzle is one that only Inspector French can solve. Freeman Wills Crofts was a master of the intricately and ingeniously plotted detective novel, and The Hog's Back Mystery shows him at the height of his powers. This new edition of a classic mystery is introduced by the crime fiction expert Martin Edwards

Target audience

adult

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