The purple sickle murders
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About This Book
From the Collins Crime Club archive, the fifth Inspector French novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed 'The King of Detective Story Writers'. THE PUZZLE OF THE PURPLE SICKLE The suicide of a sales clerk at the box office of a London cinema leaves another girl in fear for her life. Persuaded to seek help from Scotland Yard, Miss Darke confides in Inspector Joseph French about a gambling scam by a mysterious trio of crooks and that she believes her friend was murdered. When the girl fails to turn up the next day, and the police later find her body, French's inquiries reveal that similar girl...
Chapters (20)
- The Purple Sickle Murders
- Chapter I. The Purple Sickle
- Chapter II. French Makes an Assignation
- Chapter III. The Inquest
- Chapter IV. French Makes a Start
- Chapter V. Lee-on-the-Solent
- Chapter VI. The Supreme Appeal Court
- Chapter VII. Fair Passengers
- Chapter VIII. The Grey Car’s Round
- Chapter IX. French Makes a Second Assignation
- Chapter X. Mr. Cracksman French
- Chapter XI. The Happy Paterfamilias
- Chapter XII. The Car’s Freight
- Chapter XIII. The Transport of Supplies
- Chapter XIV. The Property Adjoining
- Chapter XV. Mr. Cullimore Expounds
- Chapter XVI. In the Net
- Chapter XVII. The Shadows Loom Nearer
- Chapter XVIII. When Greek Meets Greek
- Chapter XIX. Conclusion
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