# Endnotes explained — The Box Office Murders

> Chapter companion for The Box Office Murders by Freeman Wills Crofts.

## What happens

The endnotes reference two Inspector French novels: The Starvel Hollow Tragedy (1927) and The Sea Mystery (1928), highlighting the ingenuity and brutality of the crimes French solves.

## Themes in this chapter

### Crime and Punishment

The endnotes describe crimes of 'extraordinary brutality' and 'amazing ingenuity,' underscoring the theme of crime and its detection.

### Police Procedure and Detection

Inspector French's methodical work with minimal evidence (a heap of ashes, a naked body) highlights police procedure.

## Character check-ins

### Inspector Joseph French

Referenced as the detective in two novels mentioned in the endnotes.

## Key lines

> The Starvel Hollow Tragedy , published 1927 , in which Inspector French uncovered a crime of extraordinary brutality from a little heap of ashes.

In the 1927 novel The Starvel Hollow Tragedy, Inspector French solves a brutally violent crime starting from only a small pile of ashes.

_Summarizes the premise of the first referenced novel._

> The Sea Mystery , published 1928 , in which Inspector French, with no evidence to go by but the naked body of a man washed up from the sea, solved a crime of amazing ingenuity.

In the 1928 novel The Sea Mystery, Inspector French solves a cleverly devised crime with only the corpse of a man washed ashore as evidence.

_Summarizes the premise of the second referenced novel._

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