The Pit-Prop Syndicate

Freeman Wills Crofts' «The Pit-Prop Syndicate» is a masterful exploration of early 20th-century criminal enterprise through the lens of meticulous plotting and suspenseful narrative. Set against the backdrop of industrial England, Crofts employs a classic whodunit style—marked by his trademark attention to detail and an intricate web of clues—that draws the reader into a world where legality and moral ambiguity collide. The novel intricately unravels the machinations of a syndicate involved in the illicit trade of timber for coal mines, encapsulating the societal tensions surrounding economic desperation and... Weiter