The Pit-Prop Syndicate

Freeman Wills Crofts

The Pit-Prop Syndicate — English wine merchant Seymour Merriman encounters a French sawmill exporting pit props, but a lorry’s changing number plate arouses his suspicion. With his friend Hilliard he tracks cargoes and routes until amateur curiosity gives way to a methodical police investigation built around timetables, maps, surveillance, and logistical deception.