The Box Office Murders: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Box Office Murders, credited to Freeman Wills Crofts, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of The Box Office Murders by Freeman Wills Crofts. Read in English by Atul Sharma. Freeman Wills Crofts was part of the golden age of detective fiction, along with the likes of Agatha Christie and Raymond Chandler. His most famous creation, Inspector Joseph French of Scotland Yard, appeared in more than 30 novels between 1924 and 1957. Fellow golden age author Raymond Chandler described Crofts as "the soundest builder of them all”, and Agatha Christie included a parody of French in a 1929 collection of short stories. In this story, cinema box office cashiers are dying in mysterious circumstances. With few clues and little time, will Inspector French succeed in capturing the Purple Sickle and his confederates before they can claim another victim? - Summary by ASharma

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Box Office Murders
• Author credits: Freeman Wills Crofts
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 20
• Listed recording duration: 6:50:18

Catalogue topics

• detective fiction
• murder mystery

Track guide

1. 00 - THIS IS THE STORY — 1:17
2. 01 - THE PURPLE SICKLE — 33:54
3. 02 - FRENCH MAKES AN ASSIGNATION — 24:13
4. 03 - THE INQUEST — 17:40
5. 04 - FRENCH MAKES A START — 16:17
6. 05 - LEE-ON-THE-SOLENT — 19:00
7. 06 - THE SUPREME APPEAL COURT — 21:02
8. 07 - FAIR PASSENGERS — 24:07
9. 08 - THE GRAY CAR’S ROUND — 15:33
10. 09 - FRENCH MAKES A SECOND ASSIGNATION — 18:16
11. 10 - MR. CRACKSMAN FRENCH — 16:41
12. 11 - THE HAPPY PATERFAMILIAS — 18:47
13. 12 - THE CAR’S FREIGHT — 23:00
14. 13 - THE TRANSPORT OF SUPPLIES — 26:14
15. 14 - THE PROPERTY ADJOINING — 27:11
16. 15 - MR. CULLIMORE EXPOUNDS — 25:14
17. 16 - IN THE NET — 23:03
18. 17 - THE SHADOWS LOOM NEARER — 23:51
19. 18 - WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK — 24:25
20. 19 - CONCLUSION — 10:33

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