Inspector French and the Starvel Hollow TragedyFrom the Collins Crime Club archive, the third Inspector French novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed The King of Detective Story Writers. THREE CORPSES FOR INSPECTOR FRENCH A chance invitation from friends saves Ruth Averills life on the night her uncles old house in Starvel Hollow is consumed by fire, killing him and incinerating the fortune he kept in cash. Dismissed at the inquest as a tragic accident, the case is closed until Scotland Yard

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