Title : The Barrel - FW Crofts - Book

Summary :

London, 1912. The Saint-Katherine Docks. Inside a seemingly innocuous barrel, the corpse of a young woman wearing an evening gown is discovered. Who murdered her? Was it the jilted lover, who had taken refuge in England after the broken engagement, and whom she seemed about to join? Or was it the deceived, jealous, and disillusioned husband? Of these two men, which one put the scheme in place to frame the other? Grappling with a diabolically ingenious plan, two police officers—the Frenchman Lefarge and the Englishman Burnley—crisscross Europe to unravel the skein of one of the most inventive crimes of the early 20th century. One of the great classics of the mystery, a must-have in any mystery lover's library.

• EAN: 9782743621391
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