【福里曼·威利斯·克劳夫兹】
福里曼·威利斯·克劳夫兹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·克里丝蒂推出《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==
福里曼·威利斯·克劳夫兹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分一直至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
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