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A murder demands answers, but in London's drawing rooms, even the innocent may have secrets worth lying for.
In The Grell Mystery, Frank Froest places a killing among people with money, good addresses, and reputations to protect. The crime looks simple. The investigation is not. As Scotland Yard asks questions and checks accounts, the fear of exposure clouds the search for truth. What people hide may matter as much as what they say.
Froest brings experience as a senior Scotland Yard detective to this carefully plotted puzzle. Police work unfolds through visits, questions, and the patient comparison of claims. Clubs, drawing rooms, and police offices form a London where manners can conceal motives. Short scenes shift suspicion, inviting you to weigh each clue rather than rush past it.
What you’ll discover
- A deceptively simple crime Follow a murder inquiry that grows more difficult as apparently straightforward claims demand closer checking.
- Police work in detail Watch investigators question, visit, compare, and check their way through a case that resists easy answers.
- Reputations under pressure Enter a social world where fear of disgrace can make even innocent people conceal the truth.
- Suspicion on the move Weigh clues as short scenes change your sense of who deserves trust and who invites doubt.
- Edwardian London behind doors Move between clubs, drawing rooms, and police offices as respectable appearances come under scrutiny.
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For readers who love classic puzzles, police work and the manners of Edwardian London, and anyone curious about early crime fiction.
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- A murder opens the case
- Scotland Yard works the case step by step
- Secrets in high society muddy the trail
- A plotted puzzle told in clear prose
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Il mistero Grell
by Frank Froest · 1913
A murder in London draws Scotland Yard into a society where secrets and fear of scandal stand in the way of truth.
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The Grell Mystery is a detective novel from the Edwardian years, published in 1913 and written by Frank Froest. Froest knew his subject from the inside, because he had served as a senior detective at Scotland Yard before he wrote fiction.
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A murder opens the case
The story begins with a death that demands an answer. A killing in the world of money and good address is not only a police matter. It touches families, servants, friends and business partners, and each of them has something to lose once questions begin.
Froest sets the crime in a London that the first readers knew well. The streets, the houses and the habits of the wealthy are drawn plainly and without fuss. The details matter, because in a book like this the setting is part of the evidence.
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What is The Grell Mystery about?
It is a detective novel about a murder in Edwardian London. Scotland Yard investigates, and the case leads into the private affairs and hidden secrets of wealthy people who would rather not be questioned.
Who wrote The Grell Mystery?
Frank Froest wrote it. He was a real Scotland Yard detective before becoming a novelist, which is why the book pays close attention to how police actually work through a difficult case.
When was The Grell Mystery published?
It was published in 1913, in the Edwardian period. It is a work of fiction, though its picture of police method comes from the author's own career as a detective.
The author
Frank Froest
1858–1930 · British detective novelist
Frank Froest (1858–1930) was a British police officer and writer who lived and worked in England. He served with the Metropolitan Police in London and became a superintendent at Scotland Yard. He also wrote crime novels in the early twentieth century, including The Grell Mystery.
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