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Freeman Wills Crofts was born in Dublin in 1879 and died in 1957. The result may be seen in his 1941 book, "James Tarrant, Adventurer". Detection, or even the sniff of a murder, is postponed during the first eleven chapters.

Freeman Wills Crofts was born in Dublin in 1879 and died in 1957. He worked for a Northern Irish railway company as an engineer until 1929, before turning to detective fiction His plots reveal his mathematical training and he specialised in the seemingly unbreakable alibi, laying layer upon layer within his stories. He loved ships and trains and the intricacies of transport timetables feature in many of his stories. Crofts’ best-known character is Inspector Joseph French. Crofts’ best-known character is Inspector Joseph French.

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Freeman Wills Crofts. James Tarrant, Adventurer (1941) . Circumstantial Evidence. The Losing Game (1941) . Irish mystery author, later based in England. Freeman Wills Crofts. 1879-06-01)1 June 1879 Dublin, Ireland. Crofts also wrote one religious book, The Four Gospels in One Story, several short stories, and short plays for the BBC. Marriage, affiliations and other interests. In 1912 he wed Mary Bellas Canning, the daughter of John J. C. Canning of Coleraine, Ireland, bank manager. Fear Comes to Chalfont (1942).

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James Tarrant's position as an assistant chemist in a sleepy village backwater does not satisfy his craving for wealth. The infatuated Merle Weir, a nurse at a local convalescent home, agrees to help him in a not-quite-legal scheme to sell their own indigestion remedy on the back of another's reputation. When Tarrant breaks his promise and becomes engaged to another, Merle talks of revenge. The burning down of Simon Averill's house, Starvel Hollow, appears at first to be an accident

Freeman Wills Crofts. The burning down of Simon Averill's house, Starvel Hollow, appears at first to be an accident. Three men come up with a scheme to make money by cruising round the British Isles in an old transatlantic liner. All appears to be going well until one of them is found dead.

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James Tarrant, Adventurer. Explore more by Freeman Wills Crofts. See all books by this author. by Freeman Wills Crofts ~ Paperback, softback. The Groote Park Murder. by Freeman Wills Crofts ~ Hardback. In stock with supplier. Freeman Wills Crofts was born in Dublin and worked in railway engineering before turning to detective fiction. To his plots he brought a mind trained in mathematics, specialising in the seemingly unbreakable alibi and transport timetables.