弗里曼·威尔斯·克罗夫茨

弗里曼·威尔斯·克罗夫茨（英语：Freeman Wills Crofts，1879年6月1日—1957年4月11日）是爱尔兰的一名推理作家，他于1920年推出的《桶子》，同年谋杀天后阿加莎·克里斯蒂推出《史岱尔庄谋杀案》，两人因此被称为推理小说黄金时期的推手。

生平简介

弗里曼·威尔斯·克罗夫茨出生于爱尔兰的一个小农场，父亲是随军的外科医生，在克劳夫兹出世前就已经逝世，母亲后来与一位牧师再婚。克劳夫兹17岁开始接触铁路工程，1900年成为了地区的工程师，克劳夫兹的工程师身份一直至1929年。克劳夫兹的写作生涯始于1919年，他因为大病被逼放下铁路工程的工作，这段时期写了他的第一本小说，他于1920年发表了《桶子》，《桶子》出版后旋即获得空前畅销，此后几乎每年克劳夫兹都写一本小说，另加一些短篇小说和戏剧。

著作

The Cask (1920)

The Ponson Case (1921)

The Pit-Prop Syndicate (1922)

The Groote Park Murder (1923)

Inspector French's Greatest Case (1924)

Inspector French and the Cheyne Mystery (1926) aka The Cheyne Mystery

Inspector French and the Starvel Tragedy (1927) aka The Starvel Hollow Tragedy

The Sea Mystery (1928)

The Box Office Murders (1929) aka The Purple Sickle Murders

Sir John Magill's Last Journey (1930)

Mystery in the Channel (1931) aka Mystery in the English Channel

Sudden Death (1932)

Death on the Way (1932) aka Double Death

The Hog's Back Mystery (1933) aka The Strange Case of Dr. Earle

The 12:30 from Croydon (1934) aka Wilful and Premeditated

Mystery on Southampton Water (1934) aka Crime on the Solent

Crime at Guildford (1935) aka The Crime at Nornes

The Loss of the 'Jane Vosper' (1936)

Man Overboard! (1936) aka Cold-Blooded Murder

Found Floating (1937)

The End of Andrew Harrison (1938) aka The Futile Alibi

Antidote to Venom (1938)

Fatal Venture (1939) aka Tragedy in the Hollow

Golden Ashes (1940)

James Tarrant, Adventurer (1941) aka Circumstantial Evidence

The Losing Game (1941) aka A Losing Game

Fear Comes to Chalfont (1942)

The Affair at Little Wokeham (1943) aka Double Tragedy

Enemy Unseen (1945)

Death of a Train (1946)

Silence for the Murderer (1949)

French Strikes Oil (1951) aka Dark Journey

Anything to Declare? (1957)

Murderers Make Mistakes (1947)

Many a Slip (1955)

Mystery of the Sleeping Car Express and Other Stories (1956)

"The Mystery of the Sleeping Car Express" (1921)

"Mr Pemberton's Commission"

"The Greuze" (Inspector French)

"The Level Crossing" (1933)

"East Wind" (Inspector French)

"The Parcel"

"The Motive Shows the Man"

"The Affair at Saltover Priory" (Inspector French)

"The Landing Ticket" (Inspector French)

"The Raincoat" (Inspector French)

Inspector French

During the Night

The Nine Fifty Up Express

How to Write a Detective Novel

The Four Gospels in One Story: written as a modern biography

Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 2nd Series (1931)

Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 3rd Series (1934)

The Mystery Book (1934)

The Great Book of Thrillers (1935)

Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction (1983)

The Scoop and Behind the Screen (1983) (Originally published in The Listener (1931) and (1930), both written by members of The Detection Club)

Great Irish Detective Stories edited by Peter Haining (1993)

"The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction" (2004)

These stories are known to have been published but no copies of the publications concerned are believed to exist today

"Nemesis", published in Round About [Guildford Round Table Christmas Annual, 1933]

"Who Killed Cock Robin?", published in St Martin's Review [date unknown]