Books with author R. Austin Freeman

This carefully crafted ebook: "THE RED THUMB MARK, THE EYE OF OSIRIS & THE MYSTERY OF 31 NEW INN (3 British Mystery Classics in One Volume)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Dr. John Thorndyke is a fictional detective in a series of novels. He is a medical jurispractitioner - originally a medical doctor, he turned to the bar and became one of the first, in modern parlance, forensic scientists. 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. It is this method which gave rise to one of Freeman's most ingenious inventions, the inverted detective story, where the criminal act is described first and the interest lies in Thorndyke's subsequent unraveling of it.Richard Austin Freeman (1862-1943) was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr. Thorndyke. Freeman used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels. Many of the Dr. Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.Table of Contents:The Red Thumb MarkThe Eye of Osiris (The Vanishing Man)The Mystery of 31 New Inn

This carefully crafted ebook: "ROMNEY PRINGLE – Complete Adventures Series (12 Titles in One Volume)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Romney Pringle is passionate bicyclist and a humble literary agent who appreciates boats and fine art. He owns a fake agency as a cover, but in fact he is a swindler and deceiver of the top rank and master of camouflage. His targets are usually other conmen and criminals, whom he tracks and defrauds them of their pray, but sometimes the ordinary people get wronged.Richard Austin Freeman (1862-1943) was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr. Thorndyke. He introduced the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery). Table of Contents:The Adventures of Romney PringleThe Assyrian RejuvenatorThe Foreign Office DespatchThe Chicago HeiressThe Lizard's ScaleThe Paste DiamondsThe Kailyard NovelThe Further Adventures of Romney PringleThe Submarine BoatThe Kimblerley FugitiveThe Silkworms of FlorenceThe Box of SpecieThe Silver IngotsThe House of Detention

Harold Monkhouse is usually such an uncomplaining patient so when his brother Amos calls in one night, what he doesn't expect is to see him at Death's door. Suspicions aroused, he demands an urgent second opinion. And when Harold is later found dead from arsenic poisoning, Amos is left in no doubt that foul play is afoot. The inquiry begins and Barbara Monkhouse is soon singled out as the prime suspect. What ensues is a roller coaster ride into crime fiction at its best as the truth of the fateful night eludes even the best of detective minds. Could it be a simple case of wife poisoning husband - or is it just possible that another shadowy figure stole into Harold's room, as a thief in the night, to rid the world of an innocent man?

The Mystery at Number 31, New Inn, a classic mystery novel by R. Austin Freeman, relates a puzzling tale from an earlier century. In the grand tradition of the great sleuths brought to life by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle comes John Thorndyke, cerebral, meticulous, British, . . . and undestimated. A contested will and an unusual sickness have no apparent connection until John Thorndyke and Dr. Jervis collaborate on a labyrinth of clues, including broken glass, an upside down picture, a veiled woman, and a box of candles. This puzzle is solved with inductive reasoning and careful use of the scientific method.

Dr. John Thorndyke is a medical jurispractitioner, originally a medical doctor, he turned to the bar and became one of the first, in modern parlance, forensic scientists. His solutions are 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. Table of Contents: Introduction Meet Dr. Thorndyke Novels The Red Thumb Mark The Eye of Osiris The Mystery of 31 New Inn A Silent Witness Helen Vardon's Confession The Cat's Eye The Mystery of Angelina Frood The Shadow of the Wolf The D'Arblay Mystery A Certain Dr. Thorndyke As a Thief in the Night Mr. Pottermack's Oversight Pontifex, Son and Thorndyke When Rogues Fall Out Dr. Thorndyke Intervenes For the Defence: Dr. Thorndyke The Penrose Mystery Felo De Se? The Stoneware Monkey Mr. Polton Explains The Jacob Street Mystery Short Stories Percival Bland's Proxy The Missing Mortgagee The Man with the Nailed Shoes The Stranger's Latchkey The Anthropologist at Large The Blue Sequin The Moabite Cipher The Mandarin's Pearl The Aluminium Dagger A Message from the Deep Sea The Case of Oscar Brodski A Case of Premeditation The Echo of a Mutiny A Wastrel's Romance The Old Lag The Case of the White Footprints The Blue Scarab The New Jersey Sphinx The Touchstone A Fisher of Men The Stolen Ingots The Funeral Pyre The Puzzle Lock The Green Check Jacket The Seal of Nebuchadnezzar Phyllis Annesley's Peril A Sower of Pestilence Rex v. Burnaby A Mystery of the Sand-Hills The Apparition of Burling Court The Mysterious Visitor The Magic Casket The Contents of a Mare's Nest The Stalking Horse The Naturalist at Law Mr. Ponting's Alibi Pandora's Box The Trail of Behemoth ...

Richard Austin Freeman (1862-1943) was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medicolegal forensic investigator Dr Thorndyke. He invented the inverted detective story and used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels. A large proportion of the Dr Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology. His first stories were written in collaboration with Dr John James Pitcairn (1860-1936), medical officer at Holloway Prison and published under the nom de plume "Clifford Ashdown." His first Thorndyke story, The Red Thumb Mark, was published in 1907 and shortly afterwards he pioneered the inverted detective story, in which the identity of the criminal is shown from the beginning: some short stories with this feature were collected in The Singing Bone in 1912. His other works include John Thorndyke's Cases (1909), The Eye of Osiris (1911), The Vanishing Man (1911), The Mystery of 31 New Inn (1912), The Uttermost Farthing: A Savant's Vendetta (1913) and The Cat's Eye (1923).

Romney Pringle is passionate bicyclist and a humble literary agent who appreciates boats and fine art. He owns a fake agency as a cover, but in fact he is a swindler and deceiver of the top rank and master of camouflage. His targets are usually other conmen and criminals, whom he tracks and defrauds them of their pray, but sometimes the ordinary people get wronged. Richard Austin Freeman (1862-1943) was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr. Thorndyke. He introduced the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery). Table of Contents: The Adventures of Romney Pringle The Assyrian Rejuvenator The Foreign Office Despatch The Chicago Heiress The Lizard's Scale The Paste Diamonds The Kailyard Novel The Further Adventures of Romney Pringle The Submarine Boat The Kimblerley Fugitive The Silkworms of Florence The Box of Specie The Silver Ingots The House of Detention

This carefully crafted ebook: "DR. THORNDYKE MYSTERIES – Complete Collection: 21 Novels & 40 Short Stories (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Dr. John Thorndyke is a medical jurispractitioner, originally a medical doctor, he turned to the bar and became one of the first, in modern parlance, forensic scientists. His solutions are 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.Table of Contents:IntroductionMeet Dr. ThorndykeNovelsThe Red Thumb MarkThe Eye of OsirisThe Mystery of 31 New InnA Silent WitnessHelen Vardon's ConfessionThe Cat's EyeThe Mystery of Angelina FroodThe Shadow of the WolfThe D'Arblay MysteryA Certain Dr. ThorndykeAs a Thief in the NightMr. Pottermack's OversightPontifex, Son and ThorndykeWhen Rogues Fall OutDr. Thorndyke IntervenesFor the Defence: Dr. ThorndykeThe Penrose MysteryFelo De Se?The Stoneware MonkeyMr. Polton ExplainsThe Jacob Street MysteryShort StoriesPercival Bland's ProxyThe Missing MortgageeThe Man with the Nailed ShoesThe Stranger's LatchkeyThe Anthropologist at LargeThe Blue SequinThe Moabite CipherThe Mandarin's PearlThe Aluminium DaggerA Message from the Deep SeaThe Case of Oscar BrodskiA Case of PremeditationThe Echo of a MutinyA Wastrel's RomanceThe Old LagThe Case of the White FootprintsThe Blue ScarabThe New Jersey SphinxThe TouchstoneA Fisher of MenThe Stolen IngotsThe Funeral PyreThe Puzzle LockThe Green Check JacketThe Seal of NebuchadnezzarPhyllis Annesley's PerilA Sower of PestilenceRex v. BurnabyA Mystery of the Sand-HillsThe Apparition of Burling CourtThe Mysterious VisitorThe Magic CasketThe Contents of a Mare's NestThe Stalking HorseThe Naturalist at LawMr. Ponting's AlibiPandora's BoxThe Trail of Behemoth...

This carefully crafted ebook: "BRITISH MYSTERIES COLLECTION - 27 Novels in One Volume: Complete Dr. Thorndyke Series, A Savant's Vendetta, The Exploits of Danby Croker, The Golden Pool, The Unwilling Adventurer and many more" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Richard Austin Freeman (1862-1943) was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the forensic investigator Dr. Thorndyke. He introduced the inverted detective story; a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery. Many of the Dr. Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine and toxicology.Table of Contents:Dr. Thorndyke NovelsThe Red Thumb MarkThe Eye of Osiris (The Vanishing Man)The Mystery of 31 New InnA Silent WitnessHelen Vardon's ConfessionThe Cat's EyeThe Mystery of Angelina FroodThe Shadow of the WolfThe D'Arblay MysteryA Certain Dr. ThorndykeAs a Thief in the NightMr. Pottermack's OversightPontifex, Son and ThorndykeWhen Rogues Fall Out (Dr. Thorndyke's Discovery)Dr. Thorndyke IntervenesFor the Defence: Dr. ThorndykeThe Penrose MysteryFelo De Se? (Death at the Inn)The Stoneware MonkeyMr. Polton ExplainsThe Jacob Street Mystery (The Unconscious Witness)Other NovelsThe Golden Pool: A Story of a Forgotten MineThe Unwilling AdventurerThe Uttermost Farthing (A Savant's Vendetta)The Exploits of Danby CrokerThe Surprising Experiences of Mr. Shuttlebury CobbFlighty Phyllis

Dr. John Thorndyke is a fictional detective in a series of novels. He is a medical jurispractitioner - originally a medical doctor, he turned to the bar and became one of the first, in modern parlance, forensic scientists. 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. It is this method which gave rise to one of Freeman's most ingenious inventions, the inverted detective story, where the criminal act is described first and the interest lies in Thorndyke's subsequent unraveling of it.Table of Contents:The Red Thumb MarkThe Eye of Osiris (The Vanishing Man)The Mystery of 31 New InnRichard Austin Freeman (1862-1943) was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr. Thorndyke. Freeman used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels. Many of the Dr. Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.

This I have always regarded as somewhat of a mistake. In real life; the identity of the criminal is a question of supreme importance for practical reasons; but in fiction; where no such reasons exist; I conceive the interest of the reader to be engaged chiefly by the demonstration of unexpected consequences of simple actions; of unsuspected causal connections; and by the evolution of an ordered train of evidence from a mass of facts apparently incoherent and unrelated. The reader’s curiosity is concerned not so much with the question “Who did it?” as with the question “How was the discovery achieved?” That is to say; the ingenious reader is interested more in the intermediate action than in the ultimate result.