The Box Office Murders
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 suicides, 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. A free PDF and EPUB edition is available here.
About the Author
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.
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The Box Office Murders (1929) is a public domain work.
| # | Chapter | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THIS IS THE STORY | 1:17 | |
| 2 | THE PURPLE SICKLE | 33:54 | |
| 3 | FRENCH MAKES AN ASSIGNATION | 24:13 | |
| 4 | THE INQUEST | 17:40 | |
| 5 | FRENCH MAKES A START | 16:17 | |
| 6 | LEE-ON-THE-SOLENT | 19:00 | |
| 7 | THE SUPREME APPEAL COURT | 21:02 | |
| 8 | FAIR PASSENGERS | 24:07 | |
| 9 | THE GRAY CAR’S ROUND | 15:33 | |
| 10 | FRENCH MAKES A SECOND ASSIGNATION | 18:16 | |
| 11 | MR. CRACKSMAN FRENCH | 16:41 | |
| 12 | THE HAPPY PATERFAMILIAS | 18:47 | |
| 13 | THE CAR’S FREIGHT | 23:00 | |
| 14 | THE TRANSPORT OF SUPPLIES | 26:14 | |
| 15 | THE PROPERTY ADJOINING | 27:11 | |
| 16 | MR. CULLIMORE EXPOUNDS | 25:14 | |
| 17 | IN THE NET | 23:03 | |
| 18 | THE SHADOWS LOOM NEARER | 23:51 | |
| 19 | WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK | 24:25 | |
| 20 | CONCLUSION | 10:33 |
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