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As a Thief in the Night
As a Thief in the Night
As a Thief in the Night
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As a Thief in the Night

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Harold Monkhouse is usually such an uncomplaining patient so when his brother Amos calls in one night, what he doesn't expect is to see him at death's door. Suspicions aroused, he demands an urgent second opinion. And when Harold is later found dead from arsenic poisoning, Amos is left in no doubt that foul play is afoot. The inquiry begins and Barbara Monkhouse is soon singled out as the prime suspect. What ensues is a roller coaster ride into crime fiction at its best as the truth of the fateful night eludes even the best of detective minds. Could it be a simple case of wife poisoning husband-or is it just possible that another shadowy figure stole into Harold's room, as a thief in the night, to rid the world of an innocent man?

LanguageEnglish
PublisherBooklassic
Release dateJun 12, 2015
ISBN9789635229666
As a Thief in the Night
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R. Austin Freeman

R. Austin Freeman (1862–1943) was a British author of detective stories. A pioneer of the inverted detective story, in which the reader knows from the start who committed the crime, Freeman is best known as the creator of the “medical jurispractitioner” Dr. John Thorndyke. First introduced in The Red Thumb Mark (1907), the brilliant forensic investigator went on to star in dozens of novels and short stories over the next decades. 

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    The last several Dr. Thorndyke mysteries I've read haven't been very satisfying, so this one was a nice surprise. It was a proper mystery with a nice collection of suspects, although I did suspect the murderer almost at the very beginning of the book (I hardly ever do that, so maybe it was too obvious?).
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    The Reverend Amos Monkhouse is concerned about his very ill brother Harold. When he dies an inquest is held - it seems he was poisoned. But by whom and how.
    Story told from the P.O.V. of lawyer Rupert Mayfield.
    An enjoyable mystery
    Originally written in 1928
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    While I always enjoy Dr. Thorndyke, the culprit in this entry in the series seemed quite obvious to me almost immediately. I found the narrator of this book, Rupert Mayfield, almost unbelievably obtuse, though of course he had emotional attachments which interfered with his ability to think clearly...

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