The Mystery of 31 New Inn - Hardcover
At the turn of the 20th century, Richard Austin Freeman (1862-1943) emerged as an author to be reckoned with in the world of detective fiction, introducing the highly memorable scientific detective Dr. Thorndyke, an early forensic sleuth. Armed with his little green case full of scientific detection aids, Thorndyke unravelled murders and mysteries using logic and material evidence. Freeman's most important pre-World War I novels include: The Mystery of 31 New Inn (1911), The Eye of Osiris (1911), and A Silent Witness (1914), artistically written and memorably characterized. Later major works include The Red Thumb Mark, When Rogues Fall Out, and The Jacob Street Mystery.
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About the Author:
About the Author British writer Richard Austin Freeman (1862 – 1943) wrote detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr. Thorndyke. He claimed to have invented the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery). Freeman used his experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels. Many of the Dr. Thorndyke stories involve scientific knowledge from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.
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'This man Austin Freeman is a wonderful performer' -- Raymond Chandler
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- PublisherWildside Pr
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1557424691
- ISBN 13 9781557424693
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages196
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