The Ponson Case

From the Collins Crime Club archive comes the overlooked second novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, a notable figure in Golden Age crime fiction. When Sir William Ponson's body is discovered in the Cranshaw River, initial assumptions of an accident shift as Inspector Tanner from Scotland Yard uncovers evidence of murder. With potential beneficiaries possessing seemingly perfect alibis and a mysterious fifth man linked to the crime scene, the investigation takes a complex turn.