Enemy Unseen (Crofts novel)

Enemy Unseen is a 1945 detective novel by Freeman Wills Crofts.^[1] It is the twenty-fifth in his series of novels featuring Chief Inspector French, a prominent figure of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.^[2] A review by Anthony Boucher in the San Francisco Chronicle noted it was "For the patient only, but for them a rewarding treasure."

Enemy Unseen

First edition cover
Author	Freeman Wills Crofts
Language	English
Series	Chief Inspector French
Genre	Mystery
Publisher	Collins Crime Club
Publication date	1945
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print
Preceded by	The Affair at Little Wokeham
Followed by	Death of a Train

Synopsis

During wartime in the town of St. Pols in Cornwall the local Home Guard are alarmed to discover that some hand grenades have been stolen from their stores. Soon afterwards a wealthy local man is blown up while walking on the beach. Any potential embarrassment to the War Office is lessened when the discreet and effective French is called in to handle the case.

References

1. Reilly p.396
2. Evans p.179

Bibliography

• Evans, Curtis. Masters of the "Humdrum" Mystery: Cecil John Charles Street, Freeman Wills Crofts, Alfred Walter Stewart and the British Detective Novel, 1920-1961. McFarland, 2014.
• Herbert, Rosemary. Whodunit?: A Who's Who in Crime & Mystery Writing. Oxford University Press, 2003.
• Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.