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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 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 Casks origins. 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780008333942
Book Description paperback. Condition: New. Language: ENG. Seller Inventory # 9780008333942
Book Description Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Seller Inventory # B9780008333942
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 100 anv edition. 354 pages. 7.75x5.00x1.00 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # __0008333947
Book Description Condition: New. In. Seller Inventory # ria9780008333942_new
Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 9780008333942
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 38639899-n
Book Description Condition: New. 2020. Anniversary. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9780008333942
Book Description Condition: New. 2020. Anniversary. Paperback. . . . . . Seller Inventory # V9780008333942