# Inspector French’s Greatest Case — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Inspector French’s Greatest Case by Freeman Wills Crofts.

- [I: Murder!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/inspector_french_s_greatest_case_se/chapters/i-murder.md): On a dreary November evening in Hatton Garden, Constable James Alcorn discovers the body of Charles Gething, murdered in the office of Duke & Peabody. Inspector French arrives to investigate, finding the safe open and a 
- [II: The Firm of Duke and Peabody](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/inspector_french_s_greatest_case_se/chapters/ii-the-firm-of-duke-and-peabody.md): Inspector French interviews Mr. Duke and the clerk Orchard about the murder of Charles Gething. Mr. Duke describes the firm's structure and staff, expresses full confidence in Gething, and reveals the mystery of the safe
- [III: Gathering the Threads](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/inspector_french_s_greatest_case_se/chapters/iii-gathering-the-threads.md): Inspector French investigates the murder of Charles Gething, weighing evidence of financial motive against Gething's known character. He forms a tentative theory that Gething planned to steal from the safe but was killed
- [IV: Missing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/inspector_french_s_greatest_case_se/chapters/iv-missing.md): Ten days after the murder of Charles Gething, Inspector French receives a call from Mr. Duke, who reports that his traveling agent Vanderkemp has disappeared from the Amsterdam office. French travels to Amsterdam to inve
- [French Takes a Journey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/inspector_french_s_greatest_case_se/chapters/v-french-takes-a-journey.md): Inspector French receives news that two of the stolen banknotes have been paid into a bank in Reading by Colonel FitzGeorge. He travels to Reading to interview the Colonel, who believes he received the notes from the man

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- [VI: The Hotel in Barcelona](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/inspector_french_s_greatest_case_se/chapters/vi-the-hotel-in-barcelona.md)
- [VII: Concerning a Wedding](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/inspector_french_s_greatest_case_se/chapters/vii-concerning-a-wedding.md)
- [Sylvia and Harrington](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/inspector_french_s_greatest_case_se/chapters/viii-sylvia-and-harrington.md)
- [Mrs. Root of Pittsburg](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/inspector_french_s_greatest_case_se/chapters/ix-mrs-root-of-pittsburg.md)
- [X: Some Pairs of Blankets](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/inspector_french_s_greatest_case_se/chapters/x-some-pairs-of-blankets.md)
- [XI: A Deal in Jewellery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/inspector_french_s_greatest_case_se/chapters/xi-a-deal-in-jewellery.md)
- [XII: The Elusive Mrs. X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/inspector_french_s_greatest_case_se/chapters/xii-the-elusive-mrs-x.md)
- [Mrs. French Takes a Notion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/inspector_french_s_greatest_case_se/chapters/xiii-mrs-french-takes-a-notion.md)
- [XIV: Tragedy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/inspector_french_s_greatest_case_se/chapters/xiv-tragedy.md)
- [XV: The House in St. John's Wood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/inspector_french_s_greatest_case_se/chapters/xv-the-house-in-st-john-s-wood.md)
- [XVI: A Hot Scent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/inspector_french_s_greatest_case_se/chapters/xvi-a-hot-scent.md)
- [A Deal in Stocks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/inspector_french_s_greatest_case_se/chapters/xvii-a-deal-in-stocks.md)
- [The S.S. Enoch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/inspector_french_s_greatest_case_se/chapters/xviii-the-s-s-enoch.md)
- [French Propounds a Riddle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/inspector_french_s_greatest_case_se/chapters/xix-french-propounds-a-riddle.md)
- [Conclusion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/inspector_french_s_greatest_case_se/chapters/xx-conclusion.md)

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