Inspector French's Greatest Case cover art

Inspector French's Greatest Case

An Inspector French Mystery

 Preview
Try Premium Plus free
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Inspector French's Greatest Case

By: Freeman Wills Crofts
Narrated by: Phil Fox
Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

Confirm Purchase
Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.
Cancel

About this listen

From the Collins Crime Club archive, the first Inspector French novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed ‘The King of Detective Story Writers’.

THE FIRST INSPECTOR FRENCH MYSTERY

At the offices of the Hatton Garden diamond merchant Duke and Peabody, the body of old Mr Gething is discovered beside a now-empty safe. With multiple suspects, the robbery and murder is clearly the work of a master criminal, and requires a master detective to solve it. Meticulous as ever, Inspector Joseph French of Scotland Yard embarks on an investigation that takes him from the streets of London to Holland, France and Spain, and finally to a ship bound for South America . . .

©2016 Freeman Wills Crofts (P)2016 HarperCollins Publishers Crime Crime Thrillers Detective Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Thriller England

Listeners also enjoyed...

 Inspector French’s Greatest Case cover art
The Cask cover art
The Theft of the Iron Dogs cover art
Death of an Author cover art
These Names Make Clues cover art
Inspector Alan Grant: The Full Collection cover art
Fell Murder cover art
The Cornish Coast Murder cover art
The Groote Park Murder cover art
Two-Way Murder cover art
A Third Class Murder cover art
The Wintringham Mystery cover art
A Man and His Mother-in-Law cover art
A Quiet Life in the Country cover art
Murder on the Lusitania cover art
Smallbone Deceased cover art

Critic reviews

‘Because he is so austerely realistic, Freeman Wills Croft is deservedly a first favourite with all who want a real puzzle.’ TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

“If there is a better writer of detective stories alive, I would like to know his name.”
GLASGOW CITIZEN
All stars
Most relevant  
Was good if a bit long winded. Not exactly a cliff hanger but an easy enjoyable listen.

Good ol murder mystery

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A great story from a lost age of passenger liners and romantic locations that is expertly crafted to the end. This would make an excellent movie.

One of the best

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A good crime tale from the inter-war years. Twisty plot and enjoyable main character. Phil Fox is an excellent narrator - captures the tone and phrasing wonderfully. I shall purchase the others in the series he has narrated and hope he does them all

Classic crime tale beautifully narrated

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Second book by this author I have read and loved.
If this is your genre you will enjoy this book and the works of this author

Great Detective Story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This is the second of the Inspector French audiobooks I've listened to and I won't be bothering with another. It's not that they are badly written, they are not, though somewhat dated, but they are very bland.
I love 'Golden Age' mysteries but not by FWC.

Meh!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Beutiful written story a little dated but keeps you guessing until the end of last chapter

Inspector French,s greatest case

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I have recently discovered these Inspector French books- audio books. Fantastic and this is the fourth I have enjoyed. But better listened to in order I think. But each stands alone. Brilliant narrator with an array of excellent and pleasant accents for characters. Probably more enjoyable for older readers as a bit nostalgic. Great.

Brilliant in all ways

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I was bored. It isn't a thriller at all, in any way. Plod, plod, plod. THis is the second audiobook of his and I liked the other, so I will not give up on this author yet. The solution was ovbious a long time before the book ended and it was frustrating waiting for the detective to get there. He travelled here, liked the scenery, he travelled there, liked the scenery, yawn. This is not a great case.

Not his best

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
very very boring. I struggled to listen to the end. I will not read another inspector French book.

Boring.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I got one third of the way through and realized I really wasn't listening. I think simply because I never engaged with any of the characters, they had no personality. I barely remembered their names let alone formed a picture of them. So many books so little time, deleted the download.

Never engaged me

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.