Inspector French and the Cheyne Mystery
Author: first_name: Freeman Wills
last_name: Crofts
Language: English
Year: 1926

A railway engineer by training, Freeman Wills Crofts often relied on railway themes for his plots, with careful attention to details and schedules. Having retired from the railway in 1929 to devote himself full time to writing, he is considered part of the golden age of detective fiction, along with Raymond Chandler and Agatha Christie. Until his death in 1957, he produced more than 30 novels, short-stories, and plays.  In his fifth book in 1924, he introduced the character of Inspector Joseph F