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Inspector French: Sir John Magill’s Last Journey
- Author
- Freeman Wills Crofts
- Narrator
- Phil Fox
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 9 March 2017
- Run Time
- 9 hours 11 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
- Rating
- 5.0 (3 reviews)
What to expect
From the Collins Crime Club archive, the sixth Inspector French novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed ‘The King of Detective Story Writers’.
A MURDER MYSTERY WITHOUT A CLUE
When Sir John Magill, the wealthy Irish industrialist, fails to show up at his home town on a well-publicised visit, neither his family nor the Belfast police can explain his disappearance. Foul play is suspected when his bloodstained hat is discovered, and Scotland Yard is called in. With his characteristic genius for reconstruction, Inspector French evolves a gruesome theory about what happened to the elderly man, but his reputation – and that of Scotland Yard – will depend on finding out who was responsible . . .
Critics Review
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‘Nobody takes more trouble to get every detail absolutely correct. This most workmanlike of sleuths unravels a really satisfying puzzle.’ DAILY MAIL
“A detective novel by Mr. Wills Crofts is always an event to those who know … Mr. Crofts is among the few muscular writers of detective fiction. He has never let me down.”
HAROLD NICOLSON, DAILY EXPRESS
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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5.0 5.0
Phil Fox brilliantly narrates another excellent Freeman Wills Crofts' novel. The story is more akin to a Conan Doyle adventure than a Christie whodunit but it's no less enjoyable for that. The writing is always precise, the structure of the story being elevated in a linear and clearly directed manner, but it is filled at the same time with wonderful colloquialisms which are as entertaining as the story itself. This particular novel was all the more interesting to me as l know every single street, village, townland and city mentioned, and the history. A great listen/read.
Thomas Reilly 2025-11-16
Details
- Author
- Freeman Wills Crofts
- Narrator
- Phil Fox
- Duration
- 9 hours 11 minutes
- Release Date
- 9 March 2017
- ISBN
- 9780008190750
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Classic fiction: literary and general, Classic crime and mystery fiction
- Rating
- 5.0(3 reviews)
- Narration
- 5.0(3 reviews)
Synopsis
From the Collins Crime Club archive, the sixth Inspector French novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed ‘The King of Detective Story Writers’. A MURDER MYSTERY WITHOUT A CLUE When Sir John Magill, the wealthy Irish industrialist, fails to show up at his home town on a well-publicised visit, neither his family nor the Belfast police can explain his disappearance. Foul play is suspected when his bloodstained hat is discovered, and Scotland Yard is called in. With his characteristic genius for reconstruction, Inspector French evolves a gruesome theory about what happened to the elderly man, but his reputation – and that of Scotland Yard – will depend on finding out who was responsible . . .
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