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The End of Andrew Harrison

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The End of Andrew Harrison
First edition
AuthorFreeman Wills Crofts
LanguageEnglish
SeriesInspector French
GenreMystery
PublisherHodder and Stoughton
Publication date
1938
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Preceded byFound Floating 
Followed byAntidote to Venom 

The End of Andrew Harrison is a 1938 detective novel by Freeman Wills Crofts.[1] It is the seventeenth in his series of novels featuring Inspector French, a Scotland Yard detective of the Golden Age known for his methodical technique.[2] The title character closely resembles Sigsbee Manderson, the murder victim of E.C. Bentley's celebrated 1913 novel Trent's Last Case.[3]

Synopsis

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Few are prepared to shed a tear about the death of the ruthless financier Andrew Harrison aboard his houseboat at Henley. However the initial conclusion of suicide fails to convince French, who investigates and searches for the hidden link for what he believes is a case of murder.

References

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  1. ^ Reilly p.396
  2. ^ Evans p.171-72
  3. ^ Evans p.182

Bibliography

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  • Evans, Curtis. Masters of the "Humdrum" Mystery: Cecil John Charles Street, Freeman Wills Crofts, Alfred Walter Stewart and the British Detective Novel, 1920-1961. McFarland, 2014.
  • Herbert, Rosemary. Whodunit?: A Who's Who in Crime & Mystery Writing. Oxford University Press, 2003.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.