Inspector French and the Box Office Murders

In "The Puzzle of the Purple Sickle," the fifth novel featuring Inspector Joseph French, a sales clerk’s suicide at a London cinema triggers a chain of events that puts another girl in danger. Seeking assistance from Scotland Yard, Miss Darke reveals a gambling scam involving a group of criminals and voices her suspicions of foul play in her friend’s disappearance. When the police discover a body tied to a series of eerie murders linked by a mysterious figure marked by a purple scar, Inspector French must unravel the chilling connection before more lives are lost.