In Search of Dr. Thorndyke: The Story of R. Austin Freeman's Great Scientific Investigator and His Creator
In all, there are over forty Thorndyke short stories, spread over six books. This volume contains the fifteen short stories from the first three, John Thorndyke's Cases, The Singing Bone, and The Great Portrait Mystery.
Hollis is a retired soap manufacturer, obsessed with amassing precious stones and bullion, He chooses a strong room to deposit his dazzling hoard.
Of these The Exploits of Danby Croker (1916) and The Surprising Experiences of Mr. Shuttlebury Cobb (1927) have a lightness of touch that renders them distinctive, although some readers find their flippancy distasteful.
Freeman introduces five distinct tales of intrigue, romance, mutiny and murder. The ingenuity of these detective stories lies in their fresh and original approach.
When a store of priceless jewels vanishes without a trace, the brilliant Dr Thorndyke and his skilled associate, Mr Polton, are called in to chase a thief who leaves no trace.
The Case of the White Footprints is a murder mystery set in Margate.
These are the questions that Dr. Thorndyke, expert of medical jurisprudence must answer in the Mystery of 31 New Inn.This classic book was edited and published by Resurrected Press.
In this delightful detective story, Richard Austin Freeman should truly satisfy the inquisitive reader’s mind, with incredible twists and turns and the ever-likeable Dr Thorndyke.
His solutions were based on his method of collecting all possible data (including dust and pond weed) and making inferences from them before looking at any of the protagonists and motives in the crimes. (Freeman, it is said, conducted all ...