The Crofts, Freeman Wills 1879-1957 creator text utu 2024 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Cheyne Mystery" by Freeman Wills Crofts is a mystery thriller novel published in 1926. When naval veteran and writer Maxwell Cheyne is drugged, burgled, and then kidnapped by a criminal gang searching for a mysterious coded letter, he finds himself drawn into a dangerous conspiracy. Aided by a spirited young artist, Cheyne pursues the villains from Plymouth to London's Wembley suburbs. Only after narrowly escaping death does he turn to Scotland Yard's methodical Inspector French, whose investigation leads across Europe to uncover secrets tied to a deceased German U-boat captain. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cheyne_Mystery Release date is 2024-02-18 Brian Raiter Originally published: Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1926 Detective and mystery stories Police -- Great Britain -- Fiction French, Joseph (Fictitious character) -- Fiction PR Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1926 https://archive.org/details/cheynemystery00crof https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72986 https://archive.org/details/cheynemystery00crof https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72986 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134704.0 72986