Austin Freeman: 159 books

Book cover of The Mystery of Angelina Frood
by R. Austin Freeman
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2017

Angelina Frood, a striking young ex-actress, has gone missing and her new friend Dr. Strangeways, a good-hearted young doctor and the narrator of the story, is determined to find out what has happened and along the way enlists the assistance of Dr. Thorndyke. The local police Sergeant is hot on the...
Book cover of Travels and Life in Ashanti and Jaman
by Richard Austin Freeman
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013

First published in 1898, this is an account of a journey from Gold Coast to Bontukmu by a medical officer. He describes the journey and the interior, makes observations on dress, the prevalance of malaria, and commerce in the area.
Book cover of The Cat’s Eye
by R. Austin Freeman
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2017

Narrated by Robert Anstey, who is acting as Thorndyke’s counsel as Jervis is away in America. He walks right into a murder scene, attracted by the screams of a beautiful young woman. The dead man is a harmless old bachelor who collects objects of arcane appeal. Several pieces of inscribed jewelry...
Book cover of A Silent Witness
by R. Austin Freeman
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2017

All the Dr. Thorndyke books are outstanding. This one is no exception. In this installment, the action centers on one Dr. Humphrey Jardine, who is the narrator of the story, and who himself is the focus of several strange events. Jardine’s troubles begin with a casual walk, where he comes across...
Book cover of Death at the Inn
by R. Austin Freeman
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017

John Gillum arrives in London from Australia apparently a wealthy man and then proceeds to cheerfully gamble his entire fortune away. During this period he cultivates the friendship of Mortimer, the bank official after meeting him at the scene of a murder near the bank. He mentions in conversation that...
Book cover of The Golden Pool

The Golden Pool

A Story of a Forgotten Mine

by R. Austin Freeman
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2017

This novel begins with Robert Englefield, a young Englishman, taking on a job with a vessel sailing for northern Africa. Once there, Englefield is placed in the position of running the store through which the captain sells and trades his goods. As Englefield spends more and more time at this outpost...
Book cover of The Case of the White Footprints
by Richard Austin Freeman
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015

“WELL,” said my friend Foxton, pursuing a familiar and apparently inexhaustible topic, “I’d sooner have your job than my own.” “I’ve no doubt you would,” was my unsympathetic reply. “I never met a man who wouldn’t. We all tend to consider other men’s jobs in terms of their advantages...
Book cover of The Mysterious Visitor and A Mystery of the Sand-Hills
by Richard Austin Freeman
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015

‘So,’ said Thorndyke, looking at me reflectively, ‘you are a full— blown medical practitioner with a practice of your own. How the years slip by! It seems but the other day that you were a student, gaping at me from the front bench of the lecture theatre.’ ‘Did I gape?’ I asked incredulously....
Book cover of Helen Vardon’s Confession
by R. Austin Freeman
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2017

Helen Vardon narrates her own story and one in which Dr. Thorndyke barely features until the final chapters. Helen Vardon contracts to a marriage without full knowledge of the circumstances regarding her father’s financial status. This leads to a dastardly trail of intrigue and deception and ends...
Book cover of The Silkworms of Florence
by R. Austin Freeman
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2014

From The Further Adventures of Romney Pringle, a collection of short stories about an engaging crook and literary agent who cycles everywhere, no matter what the scam...
Book cover of For the Defence, Dr. Thorndyke
by R. Austin Freeman
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013

This is the story of Andrew, a handsome artist living with his beautiful wife. Andrew witnesses a man being shot one night by two masked assailants and on the advice of his wife, decides to remain silent about what he has seen. But when a meeting with his cousin Ronald proves to be fatal, Andrew finds...
Book cover of Pontifex, Son & Thorndyke
by R. Austin Freeman
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2019

This puzzling plot is related by two different characters: messenger boy Jasper Gray, who experiences several strange adventures, and Dr Jervis, friend of Dr Thorndyke. Dr Thorndyke is investigating a terrible crime, the solving of which remains elusive because of key facts remaining unknown. He needs...
Book cover of Dr Thorndyke Intervenes
by R. Austin Freeman
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2012

What would you do if you opened a package to find a man’s head? What would you do if the headless corpse had been swapped for a case of bullion? What would you do if you knew a brutal murderer was out there, somewhere, and waiting for you? Some people would run. Dr Thorndyke intervenes.
Book cover of The Magic Casket
by R. Austin Freeman
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018

On a misty November night in London, Dr Thorndyke comes across an abandoned handbag in an old church. From examining the contents an address is found and so begins a mysterious trail leading to the owner and a violent murder. Enter into the world of Mr Ponting's Alibi where threats are made when a...
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