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Summary

From the Collins Crime Club archive, the fifth Inspector French novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed ‘The King of Detective Story Writers’. 
THE PUZZLE OF THE PURPLE SICKLE 
The suicide of a sales clerk at the box office of a London cinema leaves another girl in fear for her life. Persuaded to seek help from Scotland Yard, Miss Darke confides in Inspector Joseph French about a gambling scam by a mysterious trio of crooks and that she believes her friend was murdered. When the girl fails to turn up the next day, and the police later find her body, French’s inquiries reveal that similar girls have also been murdered, all linked by their jobs and by a sinister stranger with a purple scar . . . 
This top mystery fiction by Freeman Wills Crofts, is a traditional procedural thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat. The best of its kind, it intricately weaves the media into its plot, making it a must-read for all mystery enthusiasts. 
For fans of Ethel Lina White (The Lady Vanishes), Dorothy L. Sayers (THE NINE TAILORS), Elly Griffiths (The Man in Black and Other Stories), George Bellairs (Death on the Last Train), and Edward Marston (Murder in Transit).

Duration: about 7 hours (07:09:38)
Publishing date: 2017-03-09; Unabridged; Copyright Year: 1929. Copyright Statment: —

• Crime & Thriller
• Contemporary Fiction