The Hog's Back Mystery [The Strange Case of Dr Earle]
Format: Hardcover
ASIN: B0011WHJ78
Publish date: 1934
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Edition language: English
Series: Inspector French (#10)
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The Hog's Back Mystery is identified by Martin Edwards in The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books in Chapter 4, "Play Up! Play Up! And Play the Game!, as an example of the fair play mystery, where the author drops all of the clues needed to solve the mystery. As an added bonus, Crofts included a "cl...
The Hog’s Back Mystery, A British Library Crime Classic by Freeman Crofts is a mystery that has lots of twists and turns and kept me guessing. Because the pace was slow I gave it three stars. I received a complimentary Kindle copy from Poisoned Pen Press and NetGalley. That did not change my opini...
This is a wonderful, old fashioned mystery solved by Inspector French of The Yard. I loved the language, descriptions and details in this book - far more than I thought I would.