Inspector French and the Starvel Tragedy

Inspector French and the Starvel Tragedy
First US edition
Author Freeman Wills Crofts
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series Inspector French
Genre Crime fiction
Published 1927Collins
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages 292p.
OCLC 11229526
Preceded by Inspector French and the Cheyne Mystery
Followed by The Sea Mystery

Inspector French and the Starvel Tragedy is a crime novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, featuring Inspector Joseph French of Scotland Yard.

Plot outline

Three people are burnt to death in Yorkshire. But what initially appears to be an accident turns out to be a case of multiple murder, arson, and body snatching.

Publication history

  • 2001 – UK: House of Stratus
  • 1987 – UK, London: Hogarth Press
  • 1945 – UK: Penguin Books, 1st pb edition (#514)
  • 1927 – US, New York: Harper, 1st US edition as The Starvel Hollow Tragedy
  • 1927 – UK, London: William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd.,


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