'As pretty a piece of work as Inspector French has done On the level of Mr Crofts very best; which is saying something. Daily Telegraph 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 disappe[...]
'Mr Wills Crofts is deservedly a first favourite with all who want a real puzzle' - Times Literary Supplement 'He always manages to give us something that really keeps us guessing' - Daily Mirror George Surridge, director of the Birmington Zoo, is a man with many worries: his marriage is colla[...]
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 un[...]