The Pit Prop Syndicate

Freeman Wills Crofts (1879 - 1957)

Seymour Merriman stops at the side of the road 26 miles outside Bordeaux, an action that will change his life forever. The events that follow lead him into mystery, smuggling, murder and love. Two amateur detectives try to unravel the mystery of changing number plates, and everything else that surrounds the pit prop syndicate, before the case is handed over to Inspector Willis of Scotland Yard. (KHand)

Genre(s): Crime & Mystery Fiction, Published 1900 onward

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 The Sawmill on the Lesque KHand
00:22:58
Play 02 An Interesting Suggestion KHand
00:21:47
Play 03 The Start of the Cruise KHand
00:25:22
Play 04 A Commercial Proposition KHand
00:26:31
Play 05 The Visit of the "Girondin" KHand
00:29:51
Play 06 A Change of Venue KHand
00:22:28
Play 07 The Ferriby Depot KHand
00:20:11
Play 08 The Unloading of the "Girondin" KHand
00:22:32
Play 09 The Second Cargo KHand
00:38:12
Play 10 Merriman Becomes Desperate KHand
00:26:06
Play 11 An Unexpected Ally KHand
00:37:39
Play 12 Murder! KHand
00:20:26
Play 13 A Promising Clue KHand
00:19:17
Play 14 A Mystifying Discovery KHand
00:28:42
Play 15 Inspector Willis Listens In KHand
00:22:24
Play 16 The Secret of the Syndicate KHand
00:24:13
Play 17 "Archer Plants Stuff" KHand
00:32:19
Play 18 The Bordeaux Lorries KHand
00:24:34
Play 19 Willis Spreads His Net KHand
00:34:23
Play 20 The Double Cross KHand
00:27:17