The Starvel Hollow Tragedy

An Inspector French Case

By

Freeman Wills Crofts

Contents

I[The Tragedy]
II[The Inquest]
III[Mr. Tarkington Develops a Theory]
IV[Inspector French Goes North]
V[French Picks Up a Scent]
VI[Talloires, Lac D’Annecy]
VII[Posthumous Evidence]
VIII[Dr. Philpot’s Story]
IX[The Value of Analysis]
X[Whymper Speaks at Last]
XI[A Startling Theory]
XII[A Somewhat Gruesome Chapter]
XIII[The Piece of Yellow Clay]
XIV[The Secret of The Moor]
XV[French Baits His Trap]
XVI[A Double Recall]
XVII[Concerning Wedding Rings]
XVIII[Cumulative Evidence]
XIX[The Last Lap]
XX[Conclusion]

To

MY WIFE

who suggested the idea
from which this story grew

CHAPTER ONE: The Tragedy