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The Box Office Murders

Freeman Wills Crofts (1879 - 1957)

Freeman Wills Crofts was part of the golden age of detective fiction, along with the likes of Agatha Christie and Raymond Chandler. His most famous creation, Inspector Joseph French of Scotland Yard, appeared in more than 30 novels between 1924 and 1957. Fellow golden age author Raymond Chandler described Crofts as "the soundest builder of them all”, and Agatha Christie included a parody of French in a 1929 collection of short stories.

In this story, cinema box office cashiers are dying in mysterious circumstances. With few clues and little time, will Inspector French succeed in capturing the Purple Sickle and his confederates before they can claim another victim?
- Summary by ASharma

Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction, Crime & Mystery Fiction

Language: English

Keyword(s): murder mystery (30), detective fiction (28)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 THIS IS THE STORY Atul Sharma
00:01:17
Play 01 THE PURPLE SICKLE Atul Sharma
00:33:54
Play 02 FRENCH MAKES AN ASSIGNATION Atul Sharma
00:24:13
Play 03 THE INQUEST Atul Sharma
00:17:40
Play 04 FRENCH MAKES A START Atul Sharma
00:16:17
Play 05 LEE-ON-THE-SOLENT Atul Sharma
00:19:00
Play 06 THE SUPREME APPEAL COURT Atul Sharma
00:21:02
Play 07 FAIR PASSENGERS Atul Sharma
00:24:07
Play 08 THE GRAY CAR’S ROUND Atul Sharma
00:15:33
Play 09 FRENCH MAKES A SECOND ASSIGNATION Atul Sharma
00:18:16
Play 10 MR. CRACKSMAN FRENCH Atul Sharma
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Play 11 THE HAPPY PATERFAMILIAS Atul Sharma
00:18:47
Play 12 THE CAR’S FREIGHT Atul Sharma
00:23:00
Play 13 THE TRANSPORT OF SUPPLIES Atul Sharma
00:26:14
Play 14 THE PROPERTY ADJOINING Atul Sharma
00:27:11
Play 15 MR. CULLIMORE EXPOUNDS Atul Sharma
00:25:14
Play 16 IN THE NET Atul Sharma
00:23:03
Play 17 THE SHADOWS LOOM NEARER Atul Sharma
00:23:51
Play 18 WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK Atul Sharma
00:24:25
Play 19 CONCLUSION Atul Sharma
00:10:33