The Groote Park Murder. Freeman Wills Crofts

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      Published by COLLINS CRIME CLUB

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      First published in Great Britain by The Crime Club by W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd 1923

      Copyright © Estate of Freeman Wills Crofts 1923

      Introduction © Estate of Freeman Wills Crofts 1937

      Cover design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 1923, 2020

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      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Source ISBN: 9780008159337

      Ebook Edition © April 2017 ISBN: 9780008159344

      Version: 2020-01-17

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

Introduction

PART I: SOUTH AFRICA

I. THE DARTIE ROAD TUNNEL

II. THE POTTING SHED

III. GATHERING THE THREADS

IV. VANDAM FORMS A THEORY

       V. ROBBERY UNDER ARMS

       VI. A PROFITABLE EVENING

       VII. THE SCALA CINEMA

       VIII. VANDAM MAKES UP HIS MIND

       IX. MARION HOPE

       X. THE DEFENCE

       PART II: SCOTLAND

       XI. A FRESH START

       XII. ON THE CRIANLARICH ROAD

       XIII. TOUCH AND GO

       XIV. INSPECTOR ROSS TAKES CHARGE

       XV. THE BALLACHULISH FERRY

       XVI. INTRODUCING SIR ANTHONY SWAYNE

       XVII. MR SANDY BUCHAN

       XVIII. ENLIGHTENMENT AND MYSTIFICATION

       XIX. LIGHT OUT OF DARKNESS

       XX. CONCLUSION

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