Freeman Wills Crofts

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Freeman Wills Crofts FRSA (1 June 1879 – 11 April 1957) was an Irish engineer and mystery author, remembered best for his Inspector French novels, starting with Inspector French's Greatest Case (1924).
A railway engineer by training, Crofts introduced railway themes into many of his stories, which were notable for their intricate planning. Although Raymond Chandler, Agatha Christie, and authors of the so-called golden age of detective fiction are more famous, he was esteemed by those authors, and many of his books are still in print.

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Books & Publications

Author: The Cask — 1952 edition
Author: The Groote Park Murder — 1946 edition
Author: Inspector French's Greatest Case — 1960 edition
Author: The Cheyne Mystery — 1953 edition
Author: Inspector French and the Starvel Tragedy — 1955 edition
Author: The Sea Mystery — 1959 edition
Author: Sir John Magill's Last Journey — 1953 edition
Author: Mystery in the Channel — 1959 edition
Author: Crime at Guildford — 1959 edition
Author: The Loss of the Jane Vosper — 1953 edition
Author: Found Floating — 1949 edition
Author: The End of Andrew Harrison — 1942 edition
Author: Fatal Venture — 1941 edition
Author: Golden Ashes — 1959 edition
Author: Double Tragedy — 1943 edition
Author: Enemy Unseen — 1952 edition
Author: Murderers Make Mistakes — 1947 edition

Contributions in order of title

The Case of the Army Truck — in Murderers Make Mistakes
The Case of the Avaricious Moneylender — in Murderers Make Mistakes
The Case of the Burning Barn — in Murderers Make Mistakes
The Case of the Cliff Path — in Murderers Make Mistakes
The Case of the Enthusiastic Rabbit-Breeder — in Murderers Make Mistakes
The Case of the Evening Visitor — in Murderers Make Mistakes
The Case of the Fireside Mountaineer — in Murderers Make Mistakes
The Case of the Hidden Sten Gun — in Murderers Make Mistakes
The Case of the Hiome Guard Trench — in Murderers Make Mistakes
The Case of the Hunt Ball — in Murderers Make Mistakes
The Case of the Invalid Colonel — in Murderers Make Mistakes
The Case of the L-Shaped Room — in Murderers Make Mistakes
The Case of the Limestone Quarry — in Murderers Make Mistakes
The Case of the Lower Flat — in Murderers Make Mistakes
The Case of the Old Gun — in Murderers Make Mistakes
The Case of the Playwright's Manuscript — in Murderers Make Mistakes
The Case of the Relief Signalman — in Murderers Make Mistakes
The Case of the Retired Wine Merchant — in Murderers Make Mistakes
The Case of the Solicitors' Holiday — in Murderers Make Mistakes
The Case of the Stolen Hand Grenade — in Murderers Make Mistakes
The Case of The Telephone Call — in Murderers Make Mistakes
The Case of the Waiting Car — in Murderers Make Mistakes
The Greuze — in My Best Detective Story
The Greuze Girl — in MacKill's Choice
The Hunt Ball — in Country House Murders
The Level Crossing — in Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror. Part Five
The Match — in Detection Medley
The Mystery of the Sleeping-Car Express — in The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories
The Mystery of the Sleeping-Car Express — in Tales of Detection
The Mystery of the Sleeping-Car Express — in The Mammoth Book of Great Detective Stories
The Mystery of the Sleeping-Car Express — in Murder Most Foul
The Parcel — in Six Against the Yard
The Suitcase — in The Evening Standard Detective Book 2nd Series
The Visitor in the Night — in The Floating Admiral