Inspector French
Inspector Joseph French is a fictional British detective created by Freeman Wills Crofts.[1] He was one of the prominent detectives of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, appearing in twenty nine novels and a number of short stories between 1924 and 1957. French is a Scotland Yard detective, whose methodical technique breaks down complex alibis. Over the series he is promoted to Chief Inspector and the later to Superintendent. His manner is courteous, he is a happily married and has no major problems in his private life. The series relied largely on puzzle mysteries.[2][3]
| Joseph French | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | Inspector French's Greatest Case |
| Last appearance | Anything to Declare? |
| Created by | Freeman Wills Crofts |
| In-universe information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Police inspector |
| Nationality | British |
The character was introduced in the 1924 novel Inspector French's Greatest Case, where he investigates a deadly diamond robbery in Hatton Garden.
Novels
- Inspector French's Greatest Case (1924)
- The Cheyne Mystery (1926)
- The Starvel Tragedy (1927)
- The Sea Mystery (1928)
- The Box Office Murders (1929)
- Sir John Magill's Last Journey (1930)
- Mystery in the Channel (1931)
- Sudden Death (1932)
- Death on the Way (1932)
- The Hog's Back Mystery (1933)
- The 12:30 from Croydon (1934)
- Mystery on Southampton Water (1934)
- Crime at Guildford (1935)
- The Loss of the Jane Vosper (1936)
- Man Overboard! (1936)
- Found Floating (1937)
- The End of Andrew Harrison (1938)
- Antidote to Venom (1938)
- Fatal Venture (1939)
- Golden Ashes (1940)
- James Tarrant, Adventurer (1941)
- The Losing Game (1941)
- Fear Comes to Chalfont (1942)
- The Affair at Little Wokeham (1943)
- Enemy Unseen (1945)
- Death of a Train (1946)
- Silence for the Murderer (1949)
- French Strikes Oil (1951)
- Anything to Declare? (1957)
References
- James p.101
- James p.101
- Herbert p.76
Bibliography
- 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.
- James, Russell. Great British Fictional Detectives. Remember When, 2009.
- Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
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