Complete Dr. John Thorndyke Mystery Detective Forensic Investigator Anthologies
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Mystery & Detective Fiction, Mystery & Suspense, Espionage, Thrillers
| Author: | Austin Freeman | ISBN: | 1230000228693 |
| Publisher: | AEB Publishing | Publication: | January 5, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Austin Freeman |
| ISBN: | 1230000228693 |
| Publisher: | AEB Publishing |
| Publication: | January 5, 2014 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr. Thorndyke.
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.
Contents
The Cat's Eye
As a Thief in the Night
Dr. Thorndyke's Case Book
Mr Pottermack's Oversight
Dr Thorndyke Intervenes
The Penrose Mystery
The Stoneware Monkey
The D'Arblay Mystery
A Silent Witness
The Mystery of Angelina Frood
The Shadow of the Wolf
A Certain Dr Thorndyke
The Stoneware Monkey -
Two distinct and separate crimes, the murder of a police constable in pursuit of a burglar who had just stolen some ten thousand pounds worth of diamonds, and the attempted poisoning of an avant garde potter. Seemingly, the point in common between the two is the attending physician, one Dr. Oldfield. But that learned gentleman, the eminent expert in Medical Jurisprudence, Dr. John Thorndyke, has his suspicions centered on a crude piece of modernist pottery. Of course, it is only a matter of time before the good doctor discovers the secret of . . . The Stoneware Monkey!
British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr. Thorndyke.
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.
Contents
The Cat's Eye
As a Thief in the Night
Dr. Thorndyke's Case Book
Mr Pottermack's Oversight
Dr Thorndyke Intervenes
The Penrose Mystery
The Stoneware Monkey
The D'Arblay Mystery
A Silent Witness
The Mystery of Angelina Frood
The Shadow of the Wolf
A Certain Dr Thorndyke
The Stoneware Monkey -
Two distinct and separate crimes, the murder of a police constable in pursuit of a burglar who had just stolen some ten thousand pounds worth of diamonds, and the attempted poisoning of an avant garde potter. Seemingly, the point in common between the two is the attending physician, one Dr. Oldfield. But that learned gentleman, the eminent expert in Medical Jurisprudence, Dr. John Thorndyke, has his suspicions centered on a crude piece of modernist pottery. Of course, it is only a matter of time before the good doctor discovers the secret of . . . The Stoneware Monkey!
