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The Groote Park Murder

The Groote Park Murder is a 1923 detective novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, one of the leading figures of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.[1] It was one of several stand-alone novels Crofts wrote following his successful debut The Cask, before creating the character of Chief Inspector French who debuted the following year in Inspector French's Greatest Case.[2]

The Groote Park Murder
First edition (3rd impression 1925)
AuthorFreeman Wills Crofts
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreDetective
PublisherCollins
Publication date
1923
Media typePrint

Synopsis Edit

When a dead body is found in a railway tunnel in South Africa, the local police investigation at first points towards an accidental death. However, a second almost identical killing in the Scottish Highlands appears to point towards murder.

References Edit

  1. ^ Reilly p.396
  2. ^ Evans p.153

Bibliography Edit

  • Evans, Curtis. Masters of the "Humdrum" Mystery: Cecil John Charles Street, Freeman Wills Crofts, Alfred Walter Stewart and the British Detective Novel, 1920-1961. McFarland, 2014.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.


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