The Rogue's Syndicate: the Maelstrom
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The Rogue's Syndicate: the Maelstrom by Frank Froest
This exciting thriller by the late Frank Froest, himself a detective of international fame, will satisfy the most exacting of detective story connoisseurs. Against a familiar London background we have here a tale of breath-taking adventure knifing, arson, racing-taxicabs, and shooting-to-kill.‘A police "procedural" from 1916Loved the jargon – kind of a tough 1930’s gangster, British style. Loved the story … Another fun read from a completely different time.’ GoodReads
Frank Castle Froëst was born in the West of England around 1858. He joined the Metropolitan Police as a police constable in 1879 and worked his way up to Inspector at Scotland Yard by 1894, Chief Inspector in 1903 and Superintendent of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) from 1906 to his retirement in 1912. Working with the journalist George Dilnot, he wrote The Grell Mystery (1913), the story collection The Crime Club (1915) and The Rogues’ Syndicate (1916). After his wife died in 1916, Frank moved into politics and was elected to Somerset County Council. He died in 1930.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780008137717 |
| ISBN 10 | 0008137714 |
| Title | The Rogue's Syndicate: the Maelstrom |
| Author | Frank Froest |
| Series | Detective Club Crime Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2018-05-17 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |