Inspector French: Fatal Venture (Inspector French, Book 15)

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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.
When Morrison first heard of old Stotts idea to purchase an ocean liner and run her as a tourist ship in sheltered waters off the British Isles, he was most enthusiastic. In fact, he accepted a job on board. But when he discovered the true purpose of Stotts floating paradise, Morrisons delight turned to foreboding. And when murder struck the vessel, he wasnt alone. A certain Inspector from Scotland Yard had been travelling incognito, almost as if a nasty spot of trouble had been expected

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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.
HAROLD NICHOLSON, Daily Express

An extremely original story Crofts is to be congratulated on yet another instance of his unfailing ingenuity.
Times Literary Supplement

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Once dubbed 'The King of Detective Story Writers', Freeman Wills Crofts was an Irish railway engineer whose brilliant first mystery novel, The Cask, was motivated by an extended illness in 1919. Outselling Agatha Christie, and renowned for his ingenious plotting and meticulous attention to detail, Crofts followed up with The Ponson Case (1921) and no less than thirty books featuring the iconic Scotland Yard detective, Inspector French.