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. This comprehensive eBook presents the most complete edition possible of Freeman’s works in the US, 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

* 11 novels, with individual contents tables

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

* Rare novels often missed out of collections

* 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

Please note: due to US copyright restrictions, 16 novels and 5 story collections cannot appear in this edition. When new texts become available in your public domain, they will be added to the eBook as a free update.

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CONTENTS:

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

Thorndyke Short Story Collections

JOHN THORNDYKE’S CASES

THE SINGING BONE

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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