From the Collins Crime Club archive, the seminal first novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed 'The King of Detective Story Writers' and recognised as one of the 'big four' Golden Age crime authors.
The unloading of a consignment of French wine from the steamship Bullfinch is interrupted by a gruesome discovery in a broken cask leaking sawdust and gold sovereigns. But when the shipping clerk returns with the police, the cask and its macabre contents have gone. Following the clues to Paris, Inspector Burnley of Scotland Yard enlists the help of the genial French detective M. Lefarge to check motives and alibis in their hunt for evidence of a particularly fiendish murder.
This Detective Story Club classic is introduced by Freeman Wills Crofts himself in a unique preface from 1946 about The Cask's origins.
| ISBN: | 9780008333942 |
| Publication date: | 5th March 2020 |
| Author: | Freeman Wills Crofts |
| Publisher: | Collins Crime Club an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 368 pages |
| Series: | Detective Club Crime Classics |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Narrative theme: Journeys and voyages Historical crime and mysteries Crime and mystery: police procedural Thriller and Suspense |
From the Collins Crime Club archive, the seminal first novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed 'The King of Detective Story Writers' and recognised as one of the 'big four' Golden Age crime authors.
The unloading of a consignment of French wine from the steamship Bullfinch is interrupted by a gruesome discovery in a broken cask leaking sawdust and gold sovereigns. But when the shipping clerk returns with the police, the cask and its macabre contents have gone. Following the clues to Paris, Inspector Burnley of Scotland Yard enlists the help of the genial French detective M. Lefarge to check motives and alibis in their hunt for evidence of a particularly fiendish murder.
This Detective Story Club classic is introduced by Freeman Wills Crofts himself in a unique preface from 1946 about The Cask's origins.
The Cask features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Journeys and voyages, Historical crime and mysteries, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Thriller and Suspense
The Cask is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Cask was written by Freeman Wills Crofts and published by Collins Crime Club an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
The Cask has 368 pages
Yes it is part of Detective Club Crime Classics series
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