Project Gutenberg 1999-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 179 Crofts, Freeman Wills 1879 1957 The Pit-Prop Syndicate Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pit-Prop_Syndicate An Anonymous Project Gutenberg Volunteer and David Widger "The Pit-Prop Syndicate" by Freeman Wills Crofts is a mystery novel likely written during the early 20th century. The story revolves around Seymour Merriman, a junior partner in a wine merchants' firm, who encounters an intriguing situation while on a business trip in France. The narrative begins with Merriman's journey to Bordeaux, where a peculiar incident concerning a motor lorry and its changing number plate sparks his curiosity, hinting at a deeper mystery related to the operations of a sawmill. At the start of the novel, Merriman, feeling weary and disillusioned after a long ride, encounters a girl named Madeleine Coburn in a remote part of the forest. She helps him with his motorcycle troubles and invites him to the mill, which her father manages. However, Merriman becomes intrigued by the lorry he had seen earlier, marked with different numbers at different times. As he contemplates the implications of this change and the mysterious aura surrounding the Coburns, he decides to investigate further. The opening chapters set the stage for a mix of mystery and adventure as Merriman and his friend, Hilliard, plan to uncover potential secrets behind the mill's operations and the enigmatic number plates, while also exploring their burgeoning interests in the Coburns. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 80.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Detective and mystery stories Police -- England -- Fiction Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction British -- France -- Fiction Organized crime -- England -- Fiction PR Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels 605711 2025-07-01T11:26:30.031394 text/html 627897 2021-10-14T09:50:47 text/html 794737 2025-07-01T11:26:39.011297 application/epub+zip 794652 2025-07-01T11:26:32.785357 application/epub+zip 315005 2025-07-01T11:26:31.585348 application/epub+zip 1004597 2025-07-01T11:26:43.771266 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 979894 2025-07-01T11:26:38.257341 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 465834 2022-09-01T13:17:24.781808 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 576347 2025-07-01T11:26:29.250367 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 576124 2021-10-14T09:54:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19367 2025-07-01T11:26:44.026265 application/rdf+xml 13032 2025-07-01T11:26:32.088351 image/jpeg 3621 2025-07-01T11:26:31.835342 image/jpeg 210986 2021-10-14T09:55:19 application/octet-stream application/zip 621788 2021-10-14T09:55:43 application/octet-stream application/zip 711493 2025-07-01T11:26:30.089324 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia