The Hog's Back Mystery
First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Freeman Wills Crofts |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Inspector French |
| Genre | Detective |
| Publisher | Hodder and Stoughton (UK) Dodd, Mead (US) |
Publication date | 1933 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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| Preceded by | Death on the Way |
| Followed by | The 12.30 from Croydon |
The Hog's Back Mystery (1933), also known as The Strange Case of Dr. Earle, is a "Golden Age" mystery novel by the Irish author Freeman Wills Crofts. It is the tenth novel in his Inspector French series. The novel is an early example of the police procedural subgenre of detective fiction. It was the first of Croft's books published by Hodder & Stoughton. It was reissued in 2015 by British Library Publishing.