The Ponson Case
Written by Freeman Wills Crofts
Narrated by Stephen Critchlow
4/5
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About this audiobook
From the Collins Crime Club archive, the forgotten second novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed ‘The King of Detective Story Writers’ and recognised as one of the ‘big four’ Golden Age crime authors.
When the body of Sir William Ponson is found in the Cranshaw River near his home of Luce Manor, it is assumed to be an accident – until the evidence points to murder. Inspector Tanner of Scotland Yard discovers that those who would benefit most from Sir William’s death seem to have unbreakable alibis, and a mysterious fifth man whose footprints were found at the crime scene is nowhere to be found . . .
Freeman Wills Crofts
Freeman Wills Crofts (1879–1957) was an Irish author of detective fiction. Born in Dublin, he spent decades as a railroad engineer in Northern Ireland. When a long illness kept him away from work, he wrote The Cask (1920), a mystery novel that launched him to immediate popularity. He continued writing after he returned to work, finally leaving the railroad in 1929 to write full time. His best-known novels include The Starvel Hollow Tragedy (1927) and The 12:30 from Croydon (1934).
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Reviews for The Ponson Case
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Good for pandemic light listening. Removing oneself from 21st century.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Thank you to the writer and the narrator. It is unfortunate that the last piece of the puzzle in this case, which always comes at the end of a murder/mystery, was an anticlimax. To leave my review on a positive note - The joy is not the destination but on the ride.