Inspector French and the Cheyne Mystery

Rating:
Summary: Fresh, exuberant and endearing.
Review: Readers who enjoy sampling early vintage "Golden Age" detective fiction are directed to Freeman Wills Crofts. He was master of what is known as the "time-tabling" investigation. If you also like to enjoy again the sort of adventures that appeal to young readers, you will find this one fits the bill. There are kidnappings, gangs of criminals, murder attempts, robberies, ciphers, and a treasure trove at the end of it all. There is plenty of action, on shore and off shore, some continental travel and there is the second appearance of Crofts' sleuth, Inspector French of Scotland Yard, who takes over and concludes the investigation.

Crofts' later contributions to the detective fiction genre were of greater interest and aspired higher than this, but the book has a freshness and exuberance that are distinctly endearing.

Rating:
Summary: Fresh, exuberant and endearing.
Review: Readers who enjoy sampling early vintage “Golden Age” detective fiction are directed to Freeman Wills Crofts. He was master of what is known as the “time-tabling” investigation. If you also like to enjoy again the sort of adventures that appeal to young readers, you will find this one fits the bill. There are kidnappings, gangs of criminals, murder attempts, robberies, ciphers, and a treasure trove at the end of it all. There is plenty of action, on shore and off shore, some continental travel and there is the second appearance of Crofts’ sleuth, Inspector French of Scotland Yard, who takes over and concludes the investigation.

Crofts’ later contributions to the detective fiction genre were of greater interest and aspired higher than this, but the book has a freshness and exuberance that are distinctly endearing.