R. Austin Freeman
Dr. Richard Austin Freeman was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr. Thorndyke. He invented the inverted detective story. This invention has been described as Freeman's most notable contribution to detective fiction. Freeman used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels. Many of the Dr. Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but sometimes arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.
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The Complete Adventures of Romney Pringle
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2011
Country House Murders
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1989
The singing bone
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1965
Mr Polton Explains
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1940
The stoneware monkey
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1939
Felo De Se?
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1937
The Penrose mystery
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1936
For the Defence, Dr Thorndyke
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1934
Dr. Thorndyke intervenes
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1933
When rogues fall out
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1932
Pontifex, Son and Thorndyke
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1931
Mr. Pottermack's Oversight
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1930
A silent witness
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1929
A Certain Dr Thorndyke
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1928
The D'Arblay mystery
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1926
The mystery at number 31, New Inn
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1913
The Eye of Osiris
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1911
John Thorndyke's Cases
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1909
The Red Thumb Mark
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1907