Dr Thorndykes Murder Cases

Author : R. Austin Freeman
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 973 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dr. Thorndyke's Murder Cases written by R. Austin Freeman and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-13 with total page 973 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 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 experiments mentioned in the stories himself.) 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. This edition includes: Introduction Meet Dr. Thorndyke 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 The Pathologist to the Rescue Gleanings from the Wreckage

Author : R. Austin Freeman
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN 13 : 8726864835
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John Thorndyke's Cases written by R. Austin Freeman and published by Lindhardt og Ringhof. This book was released on 2022-05-24 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Thorndyke is a Sherlock Holmes inspired forensic detective employed primarily as a visionary expert witness. He uses the available science and technology of his era to determine and demonstrate how and when certain crimes were perpetrated. Unlike Holmes, the Edwardian sleuth Thorndyke is roundly mocked for his deductive abilities. R. Austin Freeman presents eight cases for Dr. John Thorndyke, including a classic locked-room murder mystery and a dead woman discovered on a train. Dr. Thorndyke punctiliously gathers the evidence of stray footprints, dust, hairs, fibres and even a single blue sequin to resolve the mystery and see that justice is served. A compelling and fascinating detective set of classic detective stories. A decidedly steampunk atmosphere for the present-day reader. Highly recommended for enthusiasts of Conan Doyle's 'Sherlock Holmes' novels as well as the popular 2010 TV series 'Sherlock' starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. Fans of the 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' series will also be intrigued by the life and ways of literature's first forensic detective. R Austin Freeman (1862-1943) was an English doctor. He created the first and best-known forensic scientist, Dr John Thorndyke. Freeman was born in London, the son of a tailor. He took a medical degree from Middlesex Hospital Medical College. He married Annie Elizabeth Edwards in 1887 and had two sons. He travelled to the Gold Coast of Africa for work, but after seven years was invalided out. He returned to England unable to work in medicine and began writing fiction in 1902. There followed a long series of Dr Thorndyke mysteries, including some of the first 'inverted' mystery stories, where the identity of the criminal is revealed at the outset and the interest of the story lies in seeing how the detection is done.

Author : R. Austin Freeman
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
ISBN 13 : 048616179X
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Best Dr. Thorndyke Detective Stories written by R. Austin Freeman and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2017-04-28 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eight compelling tales by "the father of the scientific detective story" feature inverted mysteries, in which crime and culprit are revealed at the outset and Dr. Thorndyke formulates evidence from subtle clues.

Author : R. Austin Freeman
Publisher : House of Stratus
ISBN 13 : 0755143671
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dr Thorndyke's Casebook written by R. Austin Freeman and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2012-09-30 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling collection of Dr Thorndyke mysteries in a bumper crop of Richard Austin Freeman’s fiction. Opening with ‘The Case of the White Footprints’; revealing the secrets of ‘The Blue Scarab’; and teasing all that read ‘The Stolen Ingots’, Freeman introduces some extraordinary detective stories to bamboozle the most able of minds.

Author : Richard Austin Freeman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John Thorndyke's Cases written by Richard Austin Freeman and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : R Austin Freeman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John Thorndyke's Cases Illustrated written by R Austin Freeman and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-13 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the turn of the 20th century, Richard Austin Freeman (1862-1943) emerged as an author to be reckoned with in the world of detective fiction, introducing the highly memorable scientific detective Dr. Thorndyke, an early forensic sleuth. Armed with his little green case full of scientific detection aids, Thorndyke unraveled murders and mysteries using logic and material evidence.

Author : Richard Austin Freeman
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 952 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dr. Thorndyke His Famous Cases written by Richard Austin Freeman and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 952 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Dr. Thorndyke His Famous Cases" by Richard Austin Freeman. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : R. Austin Freeman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John Thorndyke's Cases Annotated written by R. Austin Freeman and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-10 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the turn of the 20th century, Richard Austin Freeman (1862-1943) emerged as an author to be reckoned with in the world of detective fiction, introducing the highly memorable scientific detective Dr. Thorndyke, an early forensic sleuth. Armed with his little green case full of scientific detection aids, Thorndyke unravelled murders and mysteries using logic and material evidence. This volume collects seven of Thorndyke's most puzzling stories, including "The Man with the Nailed Shoes," "The Moabite Cipher," "A Message from the Deep Sea," and many more.

Author : R. Austin Freeman
Publisher : House of Stratus
ISBN 13 : 0755103483
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cat's Eye written by R. Austin Freeman and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2001 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Andrew Drayton is found stabbed to death and the young woman who tried to stop the murderer is wounded, Dr Thorndyke is called in. Not only are the facts of the case proving to be vexing but the discovery of a secret chamber and its sinister contents reveal that this is no ordinary murder and no ordinary murderer is behind it.

Author : R. Austin Freeman
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Aluminum Dagger written by R. Austin Freeman and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Aluminum Dagger is a story from a series of 21 novels and 40 short stories by British author R. Austin Freeman featuring the investigations of the brilliant detective Dr. John Evelyn Thorndyke. This time he has to deal with murder behind the doors locked inside, and the only his link is an aluminum dagger shoved into the back of the victim.