John Curran

The Pit-Prop Syndicate


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       THE PIT-PROP SYNDICATE

       A STORY OF CRIME

      BY

      FREEMAN WILLS CROFTS

      PLUS

       ‘DANGER IN SHROUDE VALLEY’

      WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY

      JOHN CURRAN

       Copyright

      COLLINS CRIME CLUB

      an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd

      1 London Bridge Street

      London SE1 9GF

       www.harpercollins.co.uk

      First published in Great Britain by W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd 1922

      ‘Danger in Shroude Valley’ first published in

      The Golden Book of the Year by Blandford Press 1950

      Copyright © Estate of Freeman Wills Crofts 1922, 1950

      Cover layout design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2018

      Introduction © John Curran 2018

      A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Source ISBN: 9780008190552

      Ebook Edition © March 2018 ISBN: 9780008190569

      Version: 2018-02-02

      Table of Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       The Pit-Prop Syndicate

       Introduction

       Part I: The Amateurs

       Chapter I

       Chapter II

       Chapter III

       Chapter IV

       Chapter V

      

       Chapter VI

      

       Chapter VII

      

       Chapter VIII

      

       Chapter IX

      

       Chapter X

      

       Chapter XI

      

       Part II: The Professionals

      

       Chapter XII

      

       Chapter XIII

      

       Chapter XIV

      

       Chapter XV

      

       Chapter XVI

      

       Chapter XVII

      

       Chapter XVIII

      

       Chapter XIX

      

       Chapter XX

      

       Danger in Shroude Valley

      

       Acknowledgments

      

       The Detective Story Club

      

       About the Publisher