The pioneering creator of the inverted detective story, R. Austin Freeman was a popular Edwardian author of novels and short stories featuring Dr. Thorndyke, a pathologist-detective. Well-liked by readers of Sherlock Holmes, Freeman’s detective and mystery tales offered an innovative approach to the genre, selling thousands of copies on both sides of the Atlantic. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Freeman’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Freeman’s life and works

* Detailed introductions to the major novels and other texts

* All 27 novels, with individual contents tables

* Rare novels often missed out of collections

* All the Thorndyke short story collections

* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original Edwardian texts

* Excellent formatting of the texts

* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories

* Easily locate the short stories you want to read

* Includes Freeman’s rare non-fiction works, including the fully illustrated travel book TRAVELS AND LIFE IN ASHANTI AND JAMAN – available in no other collection

* Includes Freeman’s seminal essay THE ART OF THE DETECTIVE STORY

* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

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CONTENTS:

The Thorndyke Novels

THE RED THUMB MARK

THE EYE OF OSIRIS

THE MYSTERY OF 31 NEW INN

A SILENT WITNESS

HELEN VARDON’S CONFESSION

THE CAT’S EYE

THE MYSTERY OF ANGELINA FROOD

THE SHADOW OF THE WOLF

THE D’ARBLAY MYSTERY

A CERTAIN DR. THORNDYKE

AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT

MR. POTTERMACK’S OVERSIGHT

PONTIFEX, SON AND THORNDYKE

WHEN ROGUES FALL OUT

DR. THORNDYKE INVESTIGATES

DR. THORNDYKE INTERVENES

FOR THE DEFENCE: DR. THORNDYKE

THE PENROSE MYSTERY

FELO DE SE; OR DEATH AT THE INN

THE STONEWARE MONKEY

MR. POLTON EXPLAINS

THE JACOB STREET MYSTERY

The Thorndyke Short Story Collections

JOHN THORNDYKE’S CASES

THE SINGING BONE

DR. THORNDYKE’S CASEBOOK

THE PUZZLE LOCK

THE MAGIC CASKET

THE FAMOUS CASES OF DR. THORNDYKE

DR. THORNDYKE’S CRIME FILE

The Other Novels

THE GOLDEN POOL

THE UNWILLING ADVENTURER

THE UTTERMOST FARTHING

THE EXPLOITS OF DANBY CROKER

FLIGHTY PHYLLIS

The Shorter Fiction

THE ADVENTURES OF ROMNEY PRINGLE

THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF ROMNEY PRINGLE

FROM A SURGEON’S DIARY

THE GREAT PORTRAIT MYSTERY AND OTHER STORIES

THE SURPRISING EXPERIENCES OF MR. SHUTTLEBURY COBB

Index of Short Stories

LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

The Non-Fiction

TRAVELS AND LIFE IN ASHANTI AND JAMAN

SOCIAL DECAY AND REGENERATION

THE ART OF THE DETECTIVE STORY

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