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    The Hog's Back Mystery
    The Hog's Back Mystery
    The Hog's Back Mystery
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    The Hog's Back Mystery

    Written by Freeman Wills Crofts

    Narrated by Gordon Griffin

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    Dr James Earle and his wife live in comfortable seclusion near the Hog's Back, a ridge in the North Downs in the beautiful Surrey countryside. When Dr Earle disappears from his cottage, Inspector French is called in to investigate. At first he suspects a simple domestic intrigue—and begins to uncover a web of romantic entanglements beneath the couple's peaceful rural life. The case soon takes a more complex turn. Other people vanish mysteriously, one of Dr Earle's house guests among them. What is the explanation for the disappearances? If the missing people have been murdered, what can be the motive?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSoundings
    Release dateNov 1, 2015
    ISBN9781407957692
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    Freeman Wills Crofts

    Freeman Wills Crofts (1 June 1879 – 11 April 1957) was an Irish mystery author, best remembered for the character of Inspector Joseph French. A railway engineer by training, Crofts introduced railway themes into many of his stories, which were notable for their intricate planning. Although outshone by Agatha Christie, Raymond Chandler and other more celebrated authors from the golden age of detective fiction, he was highly esteemed by those authors, and many of his books are still in print.

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    • 5/5
      Easy listening and well read , enjoyed the story line

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    • 5/5
      Very engaging and entertaining, it's my first read of this author and I can't wait to read more from him.

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