 First edition (3rd impression 1925) | |
| Author | Freeman Wills Crofts |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Detective |
| Publisher | Collins |
| Publication date | 1923 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
The Groote Park Murder is a 1923 detective novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, one of the leading figures of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. It was one of several stand-alone novels Crofts wrote following his successful debut The Cask, before creating the character of Chief Inspector French who debuted the following year in Inspector French's Greatest Case.
Synopsis
When a dead body is found in a railway tunnel in South Africa, the local police investigation at first points towards an accidental death. However, a second almost identical killing in the Scottish Highlands appears to point towards murder.
References
- Reilly p.396
- Evans p.153
Bibliography
- Evans, Curtis. Masters of the "Humdrum" Mystery: Cecil John Charles Street, Freeman Wills Crofts, Alfred Walter Stewart and the British Detective Novel, 1920-1961. McFarland, 2014.
- Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
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