The stranger’s latchkey

Richard Austin Freeman

The stranger’s latchkey

Digital edition


With this story, we are at the beginnings of the literature on the scientific police investigations. This ebook is an extract from “John Thorndyke’s Cases”, published in 1909, which collects some of best Dr. Thorndyke’s crime investigations. This edition contains the original illustrations of the novel, a detailed biography including all the publications of the Author and a brief biography.

Thorndyke lives in London, at 5A of King’s Bench Walk, in the Inner Temple. In his house, in addition to his apartment, there’s a fully equipped laboratory for chemical investigation, photographic, microscopic and other.

This interactive digital edition includes Interactive Notes and Chapters, News about the Author, News about the Book, a very interesting Tag cloud of the Book and a link to connect to the Goodreads community to ask questions and share comments and opinions.

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The Mystery of 31 New Inn

Richard Austin Freeman

The Mystery of 31 New Inn

Digital edition


This interactive digital edition includes: Interactive Notes and Chapters, News about the Author, News about the Book, a very interesting Tag cloud of the Book and a link to connect to the Goodreads community to ask questions and share comments and opinions.

This ebook contains a detailed biography including all the publications of the Author and a brief biography. The Mystery of 31 New Inn, a classic mystery novel by R. Austin Freeman, relates a puzzling tale from an earlier century.

In the grand tradition of the great sleuths brought to life by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle comes John Thorndyke, cerebral, meticulous, British, . . . and undestimated. A contested will and an unusual sickness have no apparent connection until John Thorndyke and Dr. Jervis collaborate on a labyrinth of clues, including broken glass, an upside down picture, a veiled woman, and a box of candles. This puzzle is solved with inductive reasoning and careful use of the scientific method. (Extract from Goodreads).

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The Eye of Osiris

Richard Austin Freeman

The Eye of Osiris

Paperback edition
Digital edition


John Bellingham is a world-renowned archaeologist who goes missing mysteriously after returning from a voyage to Egypt where fabulous treasures have been uncovered. Bellingham seems to have disappeared leaving clues, which lead all those hunting down blind alleys. But when the piercing perception of the brilliant Dr. Thorndyke is brought to bear on the mystery, the search begins for a man tattooed with the Eye of Osiris in this strange, tantalizingly enigmatic tale. (Extract from Goodreads).

This interactive digital edition includes Interactive Notes and Chapters, News about the Author, News about the Book, a very interesting Tag cloud of the Book and a link to connect to the Goodreads community to ask questions and share comments and opinions.

This ebook contains a detailed biography including all the publications of the Author and a brief biography.

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John Thorndyke’s Cases

R.Austin Freeman

John Thorndyke’s Cases

With illustrations

Digital edition


This ebook contains the original illustrations of the novels, a detailed biography including all the publications of the Author and a brief biography.

“John Thorndyke’s Cases” was published in 1909 and collect some of best Dr. Thorndyke’s crime investigations. Thorndyke lives in London, at 5A of King’s Bench Walk, in the Inner Temple. In his house, in addition to his apartment, there’s a fully equipped laboratory for chemical investigation, photographic, microscopic and other.

This interactive digital edition includes Interactive Notes and Chapters, News about the Author, News about the Book, a very interesting Tag cloud of the Book and a link to connect to the Goodreads community to ask questions and share comments and opinions.

[Other books by Richard Austin Freeman]


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