The Cask
THE CRIME CLUB
VOLUME 25
THE CASK
This is the Story
THIS book introduced to the public a new Master of Detective Fiction, and Mr. Crofts is now a very famous name indeed to the many enthusiastic students of detective novels. It has all the great virtues; a mysterious murder cunningly conceived and carried out; the strongest suspicion ingeniously thrown on an innocent man; a subtle alibi brilliantly shattered by an unfaltering process of analysis. The book is flawless in design and presents an intellectual problem of supreme interest. The lover of detective stories can want nothing better. As the Outlook said, “In construction and invention Mr. Crofts has no living equal.”
By the Same Author
INSPECTOR FRENCH AND THE CHEYNE MYSTERY
MAN OVERBOARD
FREEMAN WILLS CROFTS
Published for
THE CRIME CLUB
by COLLINS FORTY-EIGHT PALL MALL LONDON
Freeman Wills Crofts
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THE CASK
A STRANGE CONSIGNMENT
INSPECTOR BURNLEY ON THE TRACK
THE WATCHER ON THE WALL
A MIDNIGHT INTERVIEW
FELIX TELLS A STORY
THE ART OF DETECTION
THE CASK AT LAST
THE OPENING OF THE CASK
M. LE CHEF DE LA SÛRETÉ
WHO WROTE THE LETTER?
MM. DUPIERRE ET CIE.
AT THE GARE ST. LAZARE
THE OWNER OF THE DRESS
M. BOIRAC MAKES A STATEMENT
THE HOUSE IN THE AVENUE DE L’ALMA
INSPECTOR BURNLEY UP AGAINST IT
A COUNCIL OF WAR
LEFARGE HUNTS ALONE
THE TESTING OF AN ALIBI
SOME DAMNING EVIDENCE
A NEW POINT OF VIEW
FELIX TELLS A SECOND STORY
CLIFFORD GETS TO WORK
MR. GEORGES LA TOUCHE
DISAPPOINTMENT
A CLUE AT LAST
LA TOUCHE’S DILEMMA
THE UNRAVELLING OF THE WEB
A DRAMATIC DÉNOUEMENT
CONCLUSION
