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福里曼·威利斯·克勞夫茲

爱尔兰作家（1879—1957）

福里曼·威利斯·克勞夫茲（英語：Freeman Wills Crofts，1879年6月1日—1957年4月11日）是愛爾蘭的一名推理作家，他於1920年推出的《桶子》，同年謀殺天后阿嘉莎·克莉絲蒂推出《史岱爾莊謀殺案》，兩人因此被稱為推理小說黃金時期的推手。

福里曼·威利斯·克勞夫茲
出生(1879-06-01)1879年6月1日
愛爾蘭都柏林
逝世1957年4月11日(1957歲—04—11)（77歲）
英國西薩塞克斯郡沃辛
職業土木工程師、 小說家
體裁推理小說
代表作《桶子》

生平簡介

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福里曼·威利斯·克勞夫茲出生於愛爾蘭的一個小農場，父親是隨軍的外科醫生，在克勞夫茲出世前就已經逝世，母親後來與一位牧師再婚。克勞夫茲17歲開始接觸鐵路工程，1900年成為了地區的工程師，克勞夫茲的工程師身分一直至1929年。克勞夫茲的寫作生涯始於1919年，他因為大病被逼放下鐵路工程的工作，這段時期寫了他的第一本小說，他於1920年發表了《桶子》，《桶子》出版後旋即獲得空前暢銷，此後幾乎每年克勞夫茲都寫一本小說，另加一些短篇小說和戲劇。

著作

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  • 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]

外部連結

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