A Certain Dr. Thorndyke

by R. Austin Freeman

2020-06-18 01:34:01

Dr. Thorndyke, medical scientist and barrister, and the first great exponent of forensics in detective fiction, here takes on the case of an unusual and perplexing jewel heist. R. Austin Freeman, well known for his experimental story construction, tr... Read more
Dr. Thorndyke, medical scientist and barrister, and the first great exponent of forensics in detective fiction, here takes on the case of an unusual and perplexing jewel heist. R. Austin Freeman, well known for his experimental story construction, tries a very radical approach, combining the genres of adventure and detection in a single book. The first half of the novel deals with a major consequence of the robbery: the exploits of the chief suspect who has decamped to West Africa under an assumed name to avoid capture; only in the second half is the robbery fully described, and Dr Thorndyke brought in to apply his formidable mental powers to solving the crime. Less

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File size9x6x0.81inches
Print pages290
PublisherOxford City Press
Publication date May 1, 2012
ISBN9781781392003
R. Austin Freeman (1862–1943) was a British author of detective stories. A pioneer of the inverted detective story, in which the reader knows from the start who committed the crime, Freeman is best ...

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