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Dr Thorndyke Short Story Omnibus (World Cultural Heritage Library)
Dr Thorndyke Short Story Omnibus - World Cultural Heritage Library Author:R. Austin Freeman Dr. John Evelyn Thorndyke is a fictional detective in a long series of novels and short stories by R Austin Freeman. Thorndyke was described by his author as 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 h... more »is 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 unravelling of it. Thorndyke resided at 5A King's Bench Walk, Inner Temple. He was often assisted by his friend and foil Christopher Jervis, who usually acts as narrator, and always by the resourceful Nathaniel Polton, his crinkly-faced lab technician. Thorndyke tended to have a better relationship with the police (usually in the form of Superintendent Miller) than Sherlock Holmes did, despite proving them wrong on numerous occasions. Thorndyke, although tall, athletic, handsome and clever, never married. CONTENTS:
THE SINGING BONE (A.K.A. The Adventures Of Dr. Thorndyke)
Original Preface To "The Singing Bone"
The Case Of Oscar Brodski
A Case Of Premeditation
The Echo Of A Mutiny
A Wastrel's Romance
The Old Lag
THE GREAT PORTRAIT MYSTERY (This Book Included 2 Thorndyke Stories)
The Missing Mortgagee
Percival Bland's Proxy
JOHN THORNDYKE'S CASES (A.K.A. Dr. Thorndyke's Cases)
Original Preface To 'John Thorndyke's Cases'
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 MAGIC CASKET
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 THE PUZZLE LOCK
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 DR. THORNDYKE'S CASE BOOK (A.K.A. The Blue Scarab)