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    As a Thief in the Night (A Dr Thorndyke Mystery)
    As a Thief in the Night (A Dr Thorndyke Mystery)
    As a Thief in the Night (A Dr Thorndyke Mystery)
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    As a Thief in the Night (A Dr Thorndyke Mystery)

    By R. Austin Freeman

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    This early work by Richard Austin Freeman was originally published in 1928 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'As a Thief in the Night' is one of Freeman's novels of crime and mystery. The first story featuring his well-known protagonist Dr. Thorndyke - a medico-legal forensic investigator - was published in 1907, and although Freeman's early works were seen as simple homages to his contemporary, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, he quickly developed his own style: The 'inverted detective story', in which the identity of the criminal is shown from the beginning, and the story then describes the detective's attempt to solve the mystery.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateJan 18, 2016
    ISBN9781473379671
    As a Thief in the Night (A Dr Thorndyke Mystery)
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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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    • 4/5
      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?).
    • 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...
    • 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

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