The Cask
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From the Collins Crime Club archive, the seminal first novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed 'The King of Detective Story Writers' and recognized as one of the 'big four' Golden Age crime authors. The unloading of a consignment of French wine from the steamship Bullfinch is interrupted by a gruesome discovery in a broken cask leaking sawdust and gold sovereigns. But when the shipping clerk returns with the police, the cask and its macabre contents have gone. Following the clues to Paris, Inspector Burnley of Scotland Yard enlists the help of the genial French detective M. Lefarge to check motives and alibis in their hunt for evidence of a particularly fiendish murder. This Detective Story Club classic is introduced by Freeman Wills Crofts himself in a unique preface from 1946 about The Cask's origins.
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Crofts, F. W., & Griffin, G. (2019). The Cask. Unabridged. HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Crofts, Freeman Wills and Gordon, Griffin. 2019. The Cask. HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Crofts, Freeman Wills and Gordon, Griffin, The Cask. HarperCollins Publishers, 2019.
MLA Citation (style guide)Crofts, Freeman Wills, and Gordon Griffin. The Cask. Unabridged. HarperCollins Publishers, 2019.
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| duration | 12h 36m 0s |
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| dateLastUpdated | Jul 10, 2025 06:18:09 PM |
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| Last File Modification Time | Jul 02, 2025 10:32:39 PM |
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