The Pit-Prop Syndicate

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. When young wine merchant Seymour Merriman stumbles on the murder of a Yorkshire sawmill manager and a near-impossible smuggling racket running through a sleepy East Coast port, he and his friend Hilliard team up with Scotland Yard's Inspector Willis to untangle an elaborate plot: a criminal syndicate using forged delivery certificates, a secret tunnel, and a two-time-alibi loophole to smuggle French brandy past customs undetected. From the foggy docks of Hull to the rainy streets of London, Freeman Wills Crofts delivers a tightly plotted classic of the golden age detective novel, where every loose keg, ink stain, and altered timestamp hides the key to a perfect crime.