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The Ponson Case

First published: 1921
Pages: 209

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Mystery at Luce Manor
41:10
A Sinister Suggestion
24:52
Hoaxed?
29:28
Inspector Tanner Grows Suspicious
36:00
Inspector Tanner Becomes Convinced
34:35
What Cosgrove Had to Tell
22:33
Cosgrove’s Trip North
35:14
Tanner Finds Himself Duped
28:23
Lois Drew Takes a Hand
32:05
A Woman’s Wit
35:45
A Fresh Start
26:36
A Stern Chase
49:17
Blackmail?
46:03
A Dramatic Discovery
37:44
In the Luce Manor Boathouse
34:51
Conclusion
3:49

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About this book

An early Freeman Wills Crofts novel from 1921, this is a classic country-house puzzle built around a single stubborn question: how did Sir William Ponson come to be found drowned in the river below his own estate? Accident, death, and murder all seem possible, and the family's tangled loyalties only cloud the picture. Inspector Tanner of Scotland Yard works the case with the sober, methodical care that became Crofts's signature, picking apart timetables and alibis until the truth has nowhere left to hide. Readers who like their detection unhurried and fair, with every clue laid honestly on the table, are the ones it rewards.

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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.