 First edition | |
| Author | Freeman Wills Crofts |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Inspector French |
| Genre | Detective |
| Publisher | Collins |
Publication date | 1924 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Followed by | The Cheyne Mystery |
| Website | https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/freeman-wills-crofts/inspector-frenchs-greatest-case |
Inspector French's Greatest Case is a 1924 mystery detective novel by Freeman Wills Crofts.[1] It is the first in his series of novels featuring Inspector Joseph French, a Scotland Yard detective of the Golden Age known for his methodical technique.[2][3] Like much of the following series the plot mixes the traditional form of the puzzle mystery with that of a police procedural. French has to carefully study railway and shipping timetables and crack a cipher in order to solve his case.