A review by 1mpossiblealice
The 12:30 from Croydon by Freeman Wills Crofts

3.5

 I enjoyed this book, particularly the opening chapter on the plane, and the section at the end where Inspector French speaks. The main section of the book is the main character, Charles, planning to murder his uncle, and how he keeps justifying it to himself. At times this was really well done and you definitely see him denying reality more and more, and convincing himself it's justified to murder someone. But at other times it's a bit tedious, and reminds me of those idiots on Grand Designs who just keep ordering more stuff they can't afford and running out of money but convincing themselves everything will be fine - he has been running out of money for ages but instead of trying to deal with it just pretends it's not happening! Also he's totally obsessed with a woman who clearly doesn't have much interest in him.
I'd definitely read more, especially ones with more Inspector French as he is barely in this, and it was a solid novel, but nothing amazing.