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Although Crofts is best remembered for his detective Joseph French, who he introduced in his fifth book, the first book,
, remains one of his most important works, hugely popular at the time, and considered by many critics one of the best and most important mystery books of all time. In a story that codified the ※police procedural,§ the book follows the work of Inspector Burnley, a methodical detective of Scotland Yard, as he investigates the case of a cask that, arriving on the London docks, slips and cracks revealing contents that point to murder.






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