Project Gutenberg 2024-01-21 Public domain in the USA. 214 Crofts, Freeman Wills 1879 1957 28019241 The sea mystery : $b An Inspector French detective story $aNew York, NY :$bHarper & Brothers Publishers, $c1928. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sea_Mystery Brian Raiter "The Sea Mystery" by Freeman Wills Crofts is a detective novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Mr. Morgan, a manager of a tin-plate works, who, while enjoying a fishing trip with his son Evan, inadvertently discovers a crate that contains a dead body. This unsettling find sets off a chain of investigations led by Inspector French, who seeks to unravel the circumstances surrounding the mysterious death and the crate's origins. At the start of the novel, Mr. Morgan and Evan are having a quiet fishing excursion in Burry Inlet, Wales, when they accidentally hook a crate from the seabed. Upon retrieving it, they are met with a nauseating smell emanating from within and a disturbing realization that a decomposed body is inside. Mr. Morgan, wanting to protect his son from the horror, decides to inform the local authorities after they return home. The opening chapters establish a suspenseful atmosphere as the investigation begins, introducing not only a complex murder mystery but also the personal struggles of Mr. Morgan as he grapples with the grim reality of his discovery. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/101865194 20240109180819crofts 1928 US Reading ease score: 83.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Detective and mystery stories Police -- Great Britain -- Fiction French, Joseph (Fictitious character) -- Fiction PR Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: British Literature 484177 2025-07-28T15:53:59.593464 text/html 459156 2024-05-02T16:05:50 text/html 329902 2025-07-28T15:54:05.910424 application/epub+zip 329316 2025-07-28T15:54:00.867479 application/epub+zip 274372 2025-07-28T15:54:00.489430 application/epub+zip 453829 2025-07-28T15:54:10.185435 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 429300 2025-07-28T15:54:05.577419 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 456368 2025-07-28T15:53:58.983478 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 436552 2024-05-02T16:05:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16461 2025-07-28T15:54:10.368410 application/rdf+xml 21912 2025-07-28T15:54:00.598456 image/jpeg 3607 2025-07-28T15:54:00.543457 image/jpeg 287695 2025-07-28T15:53:59.634540 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