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Dr. Richard Austin Freeman MRCS LSA (11 April 1862 - 28 September 1943) was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr. Thorndyke. He invented the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery). Roberts said that this invention was Freeman's most noticeable contribution to detective fiction. Freeman used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels. Many of the Dr. Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but sometimes arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.

Freeman was a significant author of detective fiction in his day. He was most famous for his creation of Dr. Thorndyke, and many of the obituaries recording his death refer to this in the obituary headline. Thus the Birmingham Daily Gazette announced "Dr. Thorndyke" Creator Dead, the Belfast News-Letter announced Obituary Dr. R. A. Freeman, Creator of "Dr. Thorndyke", and the Evening Star (Dunedin) announced Obituary: Creator of Dr. Thorndyke.

Critical comment has tended to concentrate on four aspects of Thorndyke: Freeman's quality as a writer; the close attention to logic, scientific accuracy and methods in his stories; the invention of the inverted detective story, and comparisons with Sherlock Holmes. The Times considered that the second and third of these were what singled Freeman out from the ruck. (wikipedia.org)

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1636371116
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978-1636371115
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10 September 2020
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English
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15.24 x 1.75 x 22.86 cm
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bibliotech Press (10 September 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 226 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1636371116
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1636371115
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 445 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 1.75 x 22.86 cm
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ India

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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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This is actually "The eye of Horus" under a different title.

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Just for fun.

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This book was a surprise. Although the time, place and attitudes were very early 20th century, the writing was fun, with an occasional gem of a description. Of course the detective is superman and all those around him are astonished at his brilliant deductions. The super detective happened to be the style of the day. The characters are likable and well drawn, if not deep. The denoument is long and drawn out and the ending has appeared in so many books since then that I wanted to say "not again, please." The difficulty with all the books written that early in the mystery tradition is that every plot device has been used over and over again by those who came after. While they might have seemed fresher if I had read them in 1902. I gave it four stars because it is one of the better written books from the mystery genre prior to WWI. This book is fairly free of the racial and religious slurs I found in other of Freeman's work, which I would would have had to grade a one or two stars due to the intensity of his prejudices. Yes, when reading dated literature you can't expect 21st century sensibilites but there have to be limits. I recommend Freeman only to those who love the old detective stories, which I do.

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From an Early Member of the British Classic Mystery School

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 20 March 2013

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This book is a prime example of Austin Freeman's mysteries. Some very human characters, warmth and good fellowship among the Good People, on occasion, staid romantic love, and the overarching Genius, who through study of empirical evidence by scientific laboratory methods and application of strictly logical reasoning penetrates to the core of a problem, usually, murder. Much of the book details application of these methods to the particular case of a man who vanishes leaving behind a misbegotten Will and heirs subject to accusations of murder should his fate not become known. In time, bones are found which are taken to be his and the future of one of the heir's daughters (through the danger to her father) is in question. As romantic interest, there are the physician student of Freeman's scientific hero and the aforementioned daughter of the heir. Will this early pioneer forensic scientist discover the fate of the missing man thus saving the young couple's love match and the hoped-for-wife's father.
Those who are impatient at reasoned examination of evidence and like the sound of gunfire and the smack of fist against jaw, the book is likely to be a dull one. For the more patient reader, it can be quite entertaining.

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Louie Louie

Also great from a scientific viewpoint

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Parts of a body are found in various places in England. A man has vanished. Is there any connection between the two?

As the story progresses, one wants to tell the omniscient scientist collecting data that he should check the DNA. But. of course, DNA was unknown at the time. Instead, he uses the technology of the day and brilliantly solves the mystery.

Interesting too is that people really haven't changed much since this was written, only customs.

I agree with the previous reviewers. It was an interesting book, and I'm glad I read it.

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Jetpack

Dr. Thorndyke gets more and more interesting

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 2 April 2011

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This is the third of the Dr. Thorndyke stories I've read, and I'm finding myself liking the character more and more.

Interestingly, we have a change in narrator. The reason will become clear as you read, but Dr. Jervis is relegated to a very minor character in this story.

The characters are quite interesting. The explanation, as usual for a Thorndyke story, is also quite interesting. You will certainly learn quite a bit about the human body, and it's dismemberment!

As there is a free Kindle version, I highly recommend it if you like mysteries at all.

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