John Thorndyke's Cases, by R. Austin Freeman
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John Thorndyke's Cases, by R. Austin Freeman
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There are, I suppose, few places even on the East Coast of England more lonely and remote than the village of Little Sundersley and the country that surrounds it. Far from any railway, and some miles distant from any considerable town, it remains an outpost of civilization, in which primitive manners and customs and old-world tradition linger on into an age that has elsewhere forgotten them. In the summer, it is true, a small contingent of visitors, adventurous in spirit, though mostly of sedate and solitary habits, make their appearance to swell its meagre population, and impart to the wide stretches of smooth sand that fringe its shores a fleeting air of life and sober gaiety; but in late September—the season of the year in which I made its acquaintance—its pasture-lands lie desolate, the rugged paths along the cliffs are seldom trodden by human foot, and the sands are a desert waste on which, for days together, no footprint appears save that left by some passing sea-bird.
John Thorndyke's Cases, by R. Austin Freeman- Published on: 2015-06-04
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .32" w x 6.00" l, .43 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 138 pages
Review This man Austin Freeman is a wonderful performer -- Raymond Chandler
About the Author Deemed ‘the father of the scientific detective story’, Richard Austin Freeman enjoyed a prolific career that saw him gain qualifications as pharmacist and surgeon, pull off a diplomatic coup along the Gold Coast, work for Holloway Prison and then become a formidable writer of fiction. He was born in London, the son of a tailor who went on to train as a pharmacist. After graduating as a surgeon at the Middlesex Hospital Medical College, Freeman taught for a while and then joined the colonial service, offering his skills as an assistant surgeon along the Gold Coast of Africa. He became embroiled in a diplomatic mission when a British expeditionary party was sent to investigate the activities of the French. Through his tact and formidable intelligence, a massacre was narrowly avoided. His future was therefore assured in the colonial service. However, after becoming ill with black-water fever, Freeman was sent back to England to recover and finding his finances precarious, embarked on a career as acting physician in Holloway Prison. In desperation, he also turned to writing where he went on to dominate the world of British detective fiction, taking pride in testing different criminal techniques. So keen was he, part of one of his best novels was written in a bomb shelter. For the first twenty-five years of his writing career, Freeman was to dominate and remain unrivalled in the world of detective fiction, introducing the well-loved and highly memorable 'Dr Thorndyke'. The continued success of this character has affirmed Richard Austin Freeman’s place amongst the finest of crime writers.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Eight forays into Edwardian forensics By Patto There are eight stories in this, the earliest collection of Dr. Thorndyke short stories, published in 1909. The emphasis is on forensics, and it will soon be clear to readers of twenty-first-century police procedurals that Edwardian science was impressively modern. A. Austin Freeman spent many hours at the microscope and the camera, examining all manner of potential evidence. Behind Thorndyke the forensics wizard was Freeman the Edwardian man of science. Freeman assured the reader in his preface to this collection that he confined himself to "authentic facts and practicable methods."Freeman actually invented and tested a diabolical murder weapon for one of these stories.The analytic details and Thorndyke's feats of inference are great fun. Thorndyke analyzes the soles of boots, a tress of hair in the grip of a murder victim, the dust embedded in an old hat, and sand found on a pillow. He sees through a cipher and identifies the cause of a nervous client's hallucinations.In the course of these cases, Thorndyke exhibits knowledge of optics, ballistics, tides and reap-tides, racial differences in hair follicles, minute properties of dust and dirt, and characteristics of different types of paper and ink. In the background are various human dramas involving jealous lovers, greedy relatives, and scheming crooks.Because the stories are so early, they're replete with Edwardian atmosphere. Colorful peripheral characters abound. The stories don't feel short because of the richly detailed narration.I loved this collection. In case you'd like to know the story titles, they are: The Man with the Nailed Shoes, The Stranger's Latchkey, The Anthropologist at Large, The Blue Sequin, The Moabite Cipher, The Mandarin's Pearl, The Aluminum Dagger, and A Message from the Deep.A great read for fans of vintage detective stories.
14 of 18 people found the following review helpful. A contemporary of Sherlock Holmes: better. By A Customer This is from memory of reading it about 50 years ago. Austin Freeman created a better detective than Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. His "Dr. Thorndyke" is Holmes with TV's Quincy added: a more logical detective who explains things better to the reader. Indeed, some of the stories are "inverted", i.e. you know who did it and how, but you follow the good doctor as he unravels the case. I wanna new copy of his cases!
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. excellent By wayne j. kozak People who csi either real life of fictional should read the forerunner and best author of scientific detective stories. This is the person who helped columbo be born.
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