Extractions: Freeman Wills Crofts was born in Dublin and worked in railway engineering. He wrote detective fiction in his spare time until his move to England. Thereafter he wrote full time. To his plots he brought a mind trained in mathematics, specialising in the seemingly unbreakable alibi and transport timetables. His best-known character is Inspector Joseph French. French achieves his results through dogged persistence. Raymond Chandler praised Crofts' plots, calling him 'the soundest builder of them all'.
Mystery Novels Of The Golden Age Freeman Wills Crofts (1879 1957). Crofts was born in Dublin, and spent his early years as a construction engineer for British Railways. http://www.sldirectory.com/libsf/booksf/mystery/classic.html
Extractions: E. C. Bentley - (1875 - 1956) Author of Trent's Last Case which is possibly the first modern detective novel. Bentley meant the book to be a parody of the exploits of detectives like Holmes. Instead, he introduced a more human detective who was capable of making mistakes. He also added genuine characterization and a little humor to the novel. Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958) - a prolific American writer of mystery stories. She is also credited with originating the "Had I But Known" form of mystery novels in which the heroine is always getting into dangerous situations. Ms. Rinehart was born in Pittsburgh, PA and attended nursing school. Her husband's investments in the stock market did poorly and she turned to writing to aid with the family finances. Her stories and novels were extremely successful and enabled her to live in luxury.
Freeman W. Crofts The summary for this Japanese page contains characters that cannot be correctly displayed in this language/character set. http://www.cityfujisawa.ne.jp/~katsurou/mystery/crofts/
Freeman W. Crofts The summary for this Japanese page contains characters that cannot be correctly displayed in this language/character set. http://www.cityfujisawa.ne.jp/~katsurou/mystery/crofts/crofts.html
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Extractions: eEvENtc Freeman Wills Crofts U.K. Novel wM(½é)x The Cask w»ÞÌé§x The Pit Prop Syndicate wt[eöÌElx The Groote Park Murder wt`xÅåÌx Inspector French's Greatest Case t`x Tr:c¼ñY(Seijirou Tanaka) Pb:n³¶É(Sogen Mystery bunko)106-4(MN-3-5) Tr:½äCTN(Isaku Hirai) ÊûóÎ1953/2/25 No.26
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