A classic crime novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, ‘The King of Detective Story Writers’, featuring Inspector French, coming soon to television. James Tarrant wants to make a lot of money.But as an assistant chemist in a sleepy village backwater his career seems to have reached a dead end and he has no way to further his ambitions.Suddenly inspiration strikes, and his goal looks to be within reach, with a willing young accomplice who will do almost anything for him.But would she go as far as murder? Inspector French is called in to investigate shady business deals, two-timers, and multiple motives for revenge. . .