Author: R. Austin Freeman Year: 1907 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery
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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).
This book is part of the "Dr. Thorndyke Mysteries" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "Mr Polton Explains" First published in 1940 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Penrose Mystery" First published in 1936 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "When Rogues Fall Out" First published in 1932 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Magic Casket" First published in 1927 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The D'Arblay Mystery" First published in 1926 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Puzzle Lock" First published in 1925 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Cat's Eye" First published in 1923 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Singing Bone" First published in 1912 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Eye of Osiris" First published in 1911 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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