A Certain Dr Thorndyke: Large Print, Freeman R. Austin

Автор: Freeman R. Austin
Название: John Thorndyke`s Cases: Large Print
ISBN: 1099599725 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781099599729
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Описание: 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.

Автор: Freeman R. Austin
Название: A Silent Witness
ISBN: 1098920325 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781098920326
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Описание: R(ichard) Austin Freeman (April 11, 1862 London - September 28, 1943 Gravesend) was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal 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.Austin Freeman was the youngest of the five children of tailor Richard Freeman and Ann Maria Dunn. He first trained as an apothecary and then studied medicine at Middlesex Hospital, qualifying in 1887. The same year he married Annie Elizabeth with whom he had two sons. He entered the Colonial Service and was sent to Accra on the Gold Coast. In 1891 he returned to London after suffering from blackwater fever but was unable to find a permanent medical position, and so decided to settle down in Gravesend and earn money from writing fiction, while continuing to practice medicine. 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. During the First World War he served as a Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps and afterwards produced a Thorndyke novel almost every year until his death in 1943.

Автор: Freeman R. Austin
Название: The Shadow of the Wolf
ISBN: 1098735927 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781098735920
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Описание: In this delightful detective story, Richard Austin Freeman should truly satisfy the inquisitive reader's mind, with incredible twists and turns and the ever-likeable Dr Thorndyke. This excellent novel presents one of the most intriguing dilemmas Freeman wrote about.

Автор: Freeman R. Austin
Название: When Rogues Fall Out: Large Print
ISBN: 1099646545 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781099646546
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Описание: R(ichard) Austin Freeman (April 11, 1862 London - September 28, 1943Gravesend) was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring themedico-legal forensic investigator Dr Thorndyke. He invented the inverteddetective story and used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeonin his novels. A large proportion of the Dr Thorndyke stories involvegenuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areassuch as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology. Austin Freeman wasthe youngest of the five children of tailor Richard Freeman and Ann MariaDunn.

Автор: Freeman R. Austin
Название: Percival Bland`s Proxy and The Missing Mortgagee
ISBN: 1081654384 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781081654382
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Описание: These are two short stories from the collection THE GREAT PORTRAIT MYSTERY: "PERCIVAL BLAND'S PROXY" and "THE MISSING MORTGAGEE", wherein the brilliant medical investigator, Dr. Thorndyke, solves murderous crimes.Percival Bland was an uncommon criminal. He knew that his continual passing of counterfeit banknotes would eventually catch up with him, so he had a plan--precautions against the inevitable catastrophe. We can understand why he has created an alternate persona, Robert Lindsay, using disguises and renting two places of residence. No one seems to notice that he and his "cousin" Robert never are at their respective homes simultaneously, nor are they at home when the other visits, nor does anyone see the resemblance of their facial appearance under the makeup. But why does he buy human bones at auction? The lot was described in the catalog as "a complete set of human osteology" but they were not an ordinary "student's set," for the bones of the hands and feet, instead of being strung together on cat-gut, were united by their original ligaments and were "of an unsavoury brown colour." What does he want with those moldy bones? He has a nefarious plan, but it does not fool Dr. Thorndyke.After Dr. Thorndyke solved the case of Percival Bland, the doctor was called in by a life insurance company to investigate another case. There was apparently no doubt that Thomas Elton, a friendless, poverty-stricken artist, had fallen from the top of the overhanging cliff onto the beach. Now, one would suppose with the evidence of this fall of about a hundred and fifty feet, the smashed face and broken neck, there was not much room for doubt as to the cause of death. But Thorndyke indeed has his doubts.

Автор: Freeman R. Austin
Название: The Cat`s Eye: Large Print
ISBN: 1099571316 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781099571312
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Описание: When Andrew Drayton, a collector of jewelry, is found stabbed to death and the young woman who tried to stop the murderer is wounded, Dr Thorndyke is called in to investigate. But although the scene of the crime seems awash with the fingerprints of the attacker, there may be good reason why the police can't trace the killer. But not only are the facts of the case proving to be vexing but the discovery of a secret chamber and its sinister contents help to reveal that...

Автор: Freeman R. Austin
Название: The Shadow of the Wolf: Large Print
ISBN: 1098767918 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781098767914
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Описание: R(ichard) Austin Freeman (April 11, 1862 London - September 28, 1943 Gravesend) was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal 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.

Автор: Freeman R. Austin
Название: For the Defence, Dr. Thorndyke: Large Print
ISBN: 1099602963 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781099602962
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Описание: 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 himself suspecting foul play, as Ronald lies crushed on beach sands. And soon, Andrew is a suspect himself.

Автор: Freeman R. Austin
Название: John Thorndyke`s Cases: Large Print
ISBN: 1080707646 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781080707645
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Описание: 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.

Автор: Freeman R. Austin
Название: A Silent Witness: Large Print
ISBN: 1099469961 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781099469961
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Описание: 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 the body of a man and runs to fetch the police, only to come back and find that the dead man has disappeared. The police can find no trace that the man was ever there, so Jardine takes it upon himself to examine the scene for clues. His findings lead him into a very strange adventure which can only be solved with the technical expertise of Dr. Thorndyke, but not before Jardine finds his life in danger, and not just once.

Автор: Freeman R. Austin
Название: Mr Polton Explains
ISBN: 1098844483 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781098844486
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Описание: Told through the eyes of a watchmaker, Dr Thorndyke is once again faced with a nettly mystery involving a mysterious fire in a Soho house filled with supposedly inflammable objects. What transpires is an entertaining and amazing twist thanks to the eagle eyes of the Doctor and his friend the watchmaker, Mr Polton.

Автор: Freeman R. Austin
Название: The Red Thumb Mark: Large Print
ISBN: 1099461588 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781099461583
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Описание: Originally written in 1907, "The Red Thumb Mark" opens the series by R. Austin Freeman featuring Dr. Thorndyke, who is a sort of Sherlock-Holmes type character. A single fingerprint is found at the scene of a crime. When the police are able to identify that fingerprint, the case seems closed. But Dr. Thorndyke, the detective/barrister/medical doctor who takes on defense of this suspect, thinks he can disprove the prosecution's case, based on that same fingerprint. It does not take Dr. Thorndyke to figure out who the criminal is. It is up to Dr. John Thorndyke, and his new assistant Dr. Jervis to prove the young man's innocence before he's found guilty and hanged. The mystery in this wonderful detective tale is who the lovely heroine is in love with. The answer may surprise you.