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A classic crime novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, The King of Detective Story Writers', featuring Inspector French, coming soon to television.The new Sir Geoffrey Buller is earning his living in Chicago when he unexpectedly inherits his title, an English baronetcy, and Forde Manor in Surrey, complete with its vast collection of priceless works of art. His widowed housekeeper, who knows a thing or two, is surprised to discover that Sir Geoffrey is having his pictures cleaned. But then disaster strikes! A devastating fire, a missing artist and a lot of insurance money from a mosaic of detail, Inspector French must reconstruct the pattern of a most cunning and complex crime

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“Good, sound, absorbing … and Inspector French, comforting as ever.”
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“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.”
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Inspector French Golden Ashes Book 16

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      Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
      Publication Date: 27/10/2022
      ISBN13: 9780008554125, 978-0008554125
      ISBN10: 0008554129
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A classic crime novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, The King of Detective Story Writers', featuring Inspector French, coming soon to television.The new Sir Geoffrey Buller is earning his living in Chicago when he unexpectedly inherits his title, an English baronetcy, and Forde Manor in Surrey, complete with its vast collection of priceless works of art. His widowed housekeeper, who knows a thing or two, is surprised to discover that Sir Geoffrey is having his pictures cleaned. But then disaster strikes! A devastating fire, a missing artist and a lot of insurance money from a mosaic of detail, Inspector French must reconstruct the pattern of a most cunning and complex crime

      Trade Review

      “Good, sound, absorbing … and Inspector French, comforting as ever.”
      Observer

      “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 NICHOLSON, DAILY EXPRESS

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