The Pit-Prop SyndicateFrom the Collins Crime Club archive, the third standalone novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, dubbed The King of Detective Story Writers. Seymour Merrimans holiday in France comes to an abrupt halt when his motorcycle starts leaking petrol. Following a lorry to find fuel, he discovers that it belongs to an English company making timber pit props for coal mines back home. His suspicions of illegal activity are aroused when he sees the exact same lorry with

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