Crime at Guildford

Crime at Guildford is a 1935 detective novel by the writer Freeman Wills Crofts.^[1] Crofts was a leading figure of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction and often set his novels in Surrey where he lived close to Guildford. It was the thirteenth in a series of novels featuring Inspector French. It was published in America by Dodd Mead under the alternative title The Crime at Nornes.

Crime at Guildford

First edition
Author	Freeman Wills Crofts
Language	English
Series	Inspector French
Genre	Mystery
Publisher	Collins Crime Club
Publication date	1935
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print
Preceded by	Mystery on Southampton Water
Followed by	The Loss of the Jane Vosper

Synopsis

The accountant of a large but struggling firm of jewellers is murdered while attending a meeting at the managing director's house near Guildford, while at the same time a large robbery takes place at the firm's offices on Kingsway.