R Austin Freeman

One November day in 1902, John Bellingham disappears from the study of a friend's house where he had been waiting for his friend to return home. Two years later, there has still been no sign of him and his potential heirs are left in limbo, unable to execute his rather strange will. And then pieces of a dismembered skeleton begin to show up in odd places. Meantime, young Dr Paul Berkeley, our narrator, has fallen in love with Ruth Bellingham, the missing man's niece, whose father is one of the potential heirs. He persuades Ruth's father, Godfrey Bellingham, to allow Dr John Thorndyke, an expert in medical jurisprudence, to look into the case. It's up to Thorndyke to find a way to identify the remains and to find out what was behind Bellingham's disappearance.

The Eye of Osiris Illustrated

A winding adventure that begins in an exotic, teasing location. Richard Austin Freeman introduces the reader to the delights of an extraordinary jewel heist. Hollis is a retired soap manufacturer, richer than Croesus and some say mad. Obsessed with amassing precious stones and bullion, Hollis chooses a strong room to deposit his dazzling hoard. But when he discovers that he's the victim of an elaborate and enigmatic robbery, even though the room was never broken into, Dr Thorndyke is summoned to bring his unrivalled knowledge to bear on a remarkable mystery.

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A Certain Dr Thorndyke

"Hurrying along a lonely road on a rainy night, Dr. Jervis, a young medical student and practitioner, discovers the body of a man, apparently dead, lying partly concealed in the hedgerow. He hurries off to summon the nearest constable and together they return to the spot, only to find that the body is gone. Jervis makes a few inquiries, but they lead nowhere and the incident is forgotten.Yet from that night the young doctor is a marked man, stalked by an unseen enemy of fiendish cunning. Innocent of any crime and without suspicion as to who this malicious and invisible enemy may be, Jervis is an easy prey and several times escapes death only by the narrowest margin. Finally Dr. Thorndyke, senior associate of Jervis, seriously attacks the problem and the battle of wits is on. On several occasions the criminal gains the upper hand, and Thorndyke is forced to extreme measures and the furthest extension of his powers before his vicious mysterious adversary is outplayed.

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"Hurrying along a lonely road on a rainy night, Dr. Jervis, a young medical student and practitioner, discovers the body of a man, apparently dead, lying partly concealed in the hedgerow. He hurries off to summon the nearest constable and together they return to the spot, only to find that the body is gone. Jervis makes a few inquiries, but they lead nowhere and the incident is forgotten.Yet from that night the young doctor is a marked man, stalked by an unseen enemy of fiendish cunning. Innocent of any crime and without suspicion as to who this malicious and invisible enemy may be, Jervis is an easy prey and several times escapes death only by the narrowest margin. Finally Dr. Thorndyke, senior associate of Jervis, seriously attacks the problem and the battle of wits is on. On several occasions the criminal gains the upper hand, and Thorndyke is forced to extreme measures and the furthest extension of his powers before his vicious mysterious adversary is outplayed."

"When Andrew Drayton, a collector of jewelry, is found stabbed to death and the young woman who tried to stop the murderer is wounded, Dr Thorndyke is called in to investigate. But although the scene of the crime seems awash with the fingerprints of the attacker, there may be good reason why the police can't trace the killer. But not only are the facts of the case proving to be vexing but the discovery of a secret chamber and its sinister contents help to reveal that this is no ordinary murder and no ordinary murderer is behind it."

The Cat's Eye Illustrated

Visiting a lonely hamlet perched on a cliff above the English coast, forensic detective Dr. John Thorndyke goes for a walk on the long, deserted beach. In the sand he finds two sets of footprints, made some hours apart. They lead to a crime scene. A man has been found stabbed through the heart, his body thrown from the cliffs above. The local police are on the hunt for clues, but Thorndyke is certain the killer's identity can be determined from the footprints in the sand. With the tide coming in, he has only a few hours to catch his man.

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When Andrew Drayton, a collector of jewelry, is found stabbed to death and the young woman who tried to stop the murderer is wounded, Dr Thorndyke is called in to investigate. But although the scene of the crime seems awash with the fingerprints of the attacker, there may be good reason why the police can't trace the killer. But not only are the facts of the case proving to be vexing but the discovery of a secret chamber and its sinister contents help to reveal that this is no ordinary murder and no ordinary murderer is behind it.

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