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The Box Office Murders

First published: 1929
Pages: 176

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THIS IS THE STORY
1:17
THE PURPLE SICKLE
33:54
FRENCH MAKES AN ASSIGNATION
24:13
THE INQUEST
17:40
FRENCH MAKES A START
16:17
LEE-ON-THE-SOLENT
19:00
THE SUPREME APPEAL COURT
21:02
FAIR PASSENGERS
24:07
THE GRAY CAR’S ROUND
15:33
FRENCH MAKES A SECOND ASSIGNATION
18:16
MR. CRACKSMAN FRENCH
16:41
THE HAPPY PATERFAMILIAS
18:47
THE CAR’S FREIGHT
23:00
THE TRANSPORT OF SUPPLIES
26:14
THE PROPERTY ADJOINING
27:11
MR. CULLIMORE EXPOUNDS
25:14
IN THE NET
23:03
THE SHADOWS LOOM NEARER
23:51
WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK
24:25
CONCLUSION
10:33

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About this book

One of Freeman Wills Crofts's brisker Inspector French cases, this 1929 mystery begins when a frightened young cinema cashier walks into Scotland Yard convinced she will be the next to die. Several London box-office girls have already met suspicious ends, dismissed as accidents or misadventure, and French comes to suspect an organized ring preying on women who handle cash. The trail leads him through a scheme run by cold professionals, and the danger closes in on the very witness who asked for his help. It moves faster than some of Crofts's puzzle-heavy novels while keeping his trademark attention to method.

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Freeman Wills Crofts

Freeman Wills Crofts (1879-1957) was an Irish-born railway engineer who began writing detective fiction while recovering from a long illness. A founding member of the Detection Club, he became a mainstay of the Golden Age and is best remembered for the methodical Inspector French.