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    The Adventures of Dr. Thorndyke
    The Adventures of Dr. Thorndyke
    The Adventures of Dr. Thorndyke
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    The Adventures of Dr. Thorndyke

    By R. Austin Freeman

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    The Adventures of Dr Thorndyke features five short stories, each divided into two halves. In the first half of each, we get an inverted mystery set up, showing how some soul was led down a dark path to murder, and their subsequent steps to avoid detection. In the second half, the story completely shifts perspective, and we watch as series detective Dr Thorndyke applies scientific principles to uncover the truth.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOtbebookpublishing
    Release dateMar 18, 2024
    ISBN9783989732230
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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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