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In the early 1920s, Seymour Merriman, a British wine merchant touring France, stumbles upon a secret pit‑prop syndicate that supplies beams for mine tunnels. While inspecting the syndicate’s operation, Merriman notices a strange detail: the lorry’s number‑plate keeps changing.
With the help of his friend Hilliard from the Excise department, Merriman investigates further and discovers a dangerous conspiracy under the surface of the seemingly ordinary industrial operation.
The story, written by Freeman Wills Crofts, who began his career as a civil engineer and became a notable crime novelist, exemplifies the meticulous, puzzle‑style mysteries that were popular during the Golden Age of detective fiction.
First publish date: 1979
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Freeman Wills Crofts
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