R. Austin Freeman was one of the best mystery writers ever and this book is one to prove it. Harold Monkhouse is a very sick man but no one including his doctor seems to know what is wrong with him...
This is a delightful Thorndyke mystery full of suspicious happenings, like the ugly human head found in a box checked at a railway station cloakroom. Other peculiar things are afoot too. A rich Ame...
This novel is an excellent example of the inverted detective story, a modern form that R. Austin Freeman is credited with inventing. You know from the beginning who the guilty party is, but watchin...
Célestine Lerouge, veuve, est retrouvée égorgée avec une sauvagerie effroyable. Tous les indices conduisent à un jeune homme de bonne famille. Mais quelle est la ...
Originally written in 1907, „The Red Thumb Mark” opens the series by R. Austin Freeman featuring Dr. Thorndyke, who is a sort of Sherlock-Holmes type character. A single fingerprint is ...
In this tightly plotted novel, we follow the bizarre career of a man who loathes criminals. After Humphrey Challoner finds his wife killed by the bullet of a robber in his home, he vows to catch th...
«Qu’on n’accuse personne. Je meurs volontairement. Je prie Mme Chevassat de porter à leur adresse les lettres jointes. Henriette.» Une jeune fille du comte de la Vill...
"When Rogues Fall Out” incorporates some wonderful conundrums to hoodwink and hinder the cleverest of crime readers. This book contains three interconnected stories. In the first, a resp...
«C’était le mercredi 15 novembre de l’an de grâce 1665. Ce soir-là, il y avait petit souper et grande companie, rue Vieille-du-Temple, chez la Vienne, le baign...