j57ea (Read download) The Cask Online [j57ea.ebook] The Cask Pdf Free Freeman Wills Crofts audiobook | *ebooks | Download PDF | ePub | DOC Download Now Free Download Here Download eBook #1483794 in Books 2017-01-13Original language:English 9.00 x .55 x 6.00l, #File Name: 1542327385244 pages | File size: 58.Mb Freeman Wills Crofts : The Cask before purchasing it in order to gage whether or not it would be worth my time, and all praised The Cask: 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. A charming book, but only for the patientBy Whistlers MomThis book is one of my favorites, but I honestly don't know if I should recommend it or not. It's long and slow moving, but I love it for the glimpses into everyday life (for men, anyway) in England and France in the years just after WWI. It represented a departure from the typical mystery of that time - which invariably features a brilliant, charismatic private detective pulling rabbits out of hats and astonishing on-lookers with his omniscience.Crofts was an Irish railroad engineer and was successful and respected in his profession. But when he was 30 a severe illness forced him to be idle for an extended period and he wrote this book. It's rough in places and could use some chopping, but it's an impressive first book. Although it's not considered his best, it was popular enough to encourage him to keep writing and in less than ten years he was able to quit his day job and become a full-time author.Like many of Croft's books, this one relies heavily on his knowledge of the railway industry and the reader must be prepared to pay strict attention to railroad time-tables and how they affect alibis. Low-key, but intelligent Inspector Burnley of Scotland Yard is the forerunner of Croft's Inspector French who's featured in his later, more famous books. It's the grand-daddy of police proceedurals, and shows the patient, often tedious work of the professionals who investigate murders for a living and who must provide not just the guilty party, but enough evidence to get a conviction.Like Agatha Christie, Crofts left romance and character development to others. He constructed his elaborate plots like the pains-taking engineer that he was. If you like a good puzzle, you'll like this one. And if you're patient and give it a chance, there's some real excitement toward the end when a resourceful detective finally cracks the case. Crofts knew that there are few men more dangerous than a cornered murderer. They can only hang you once!1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Did not work for me.By JonesyI understand from other reading that Freeman Wills Crofts was a highly regarded author during his time period. Unfortunately I found the writing in this book stilted and flat. The plot was interesting but, for me, the villain's reasoning was impossible to credit. I expect fiction to be just that, and I can accept a lot of imagination, but I want to read the denouement without thinking "oh, yeah?" at the same time. It just didn't work for me and I would hesitate to recommend this book.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Old time methods of solving crimes, i.e., no web cameras, dna, etc.By D. MeyerThis novel has a very good introduction that can be read by Kindle readers before they buy the book. I found it to be very informative and helped me understand what the author (Freeman Wills Crofts) was trying to do.The author gives a very good detailed report of the analysis techniques used by the police to solve crimes in those days before web cameras, DNA, etc. The novel is about a murder that is examined by two Scotland Yard and Sucirc;reteacute; detectives who shared the investigation. There were so many twists and turns of the investigation that I was tempted draw line and block charts of the leads obtained and the results found. I do not recommend this and thankfully I did not do this. It would just consume too much time. I have read a lot of old murder mysteries like this but none had so many leads and red herrings as this one. The novel seems to drag on and on with the tedious work employed by both sleuths but I think most readers will persevere just to see how it ends. The end does come quickly but that is all I want say for fear of giving a ldquo;spoilerrdquo; to this outstanding novel. Freeman Wills Crofts was an Irish mystery author of detective stories during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. At the age of seventeen he apprenticed as an engineer and started working as an engineer. In 1919, however, he had to be absent from work due to a long illness and, during his absence, he wrote his first book, a mystery story that established him as a master of the genre. In 1929 he abandoned his career as an engineer and continued to write, producing many other books, almost one a year for a period of thirty years, in addition to short stories and plays. Although Crofts is best remembered for his detective Joseph French, who he introduced in his fifth book, the first book, The Cask, remains one of his most important works, hugely popular at the time, and considered by many critics one of the best and most important mystery books of all time. In a story that codified the ldquo;police procedural,rdquo; the book follows the work of Inspector Burnley, a methodical detective of Scotland Yard, as he investigates the case of a cask that, arriving on the London docks, slips and cracks revealing contents that point to murder. About the AuthorFreeman Wills Crofts was an Irish mystery author of detective stories during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. At the age of seventeen he apprenticed as an engineer and started working as an engineer. In 1919, however, he had to be absent from work due to a long illness and, during his absence, he wrote his first book, a mystery story that established him as a master of the genre. In 1929 he abandoned his career as an engineer and continued to write, producing many other books, almost one a year for a period of thirty years, in addition to short stories and plays. 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