Crime at Guildford is a 1935 detective novel by the writer Freeman Wills Crofts.[1] Crofts was a leading figure of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction and often set his novels in Surrey where he lived close to Guildford. It was the thirteenth in a series of novels featuring Inspector French. It was published in America by Dodd Mead under the alternative title The Crime at Nornes.
 First edition | |
| Author | Freeman Wills Crofts |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Inspector French |
| Genre | Mystery |
| Publisher | Collins Crime Club |
Publication date | 1935 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Preceded by | Mystery on Southampton Water |
| Followed by | The Loss of the Jane Vosper |
Synopsis
editThe accountant of a large but struggling firm of jewellers is murdered while attending a meeting at the managing director's house near Guildford, while at the same time a large robbery takes place at the firm's offices on Kingsway.
References
edit- ^ Reilly p.396
Bibliography
edit- Evans, Curtis. Masters of the "Humdrum" Mystery: Cecil John Charles Street, Freeman Wills Crofts, Alfred Walter Stewart and the British Detective Novel, 1920-1961. McFarland, 2014.
- Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
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