Author:R. Austin Freeman

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Richard Austin Freeman (1862–1943)

A British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr Thorndyke. He invented the inverted detective story.

Works

Works Featuring Dr Thorndyke

Novels

• The Red Thumb Mark (1907)
• The Eye of Osiris (1911), published in the USA as The Vanishing Man
• The Mystery of 31 New Inn (1912)
• A Silent Witness (1914)
• Helen Vardon's Confession (1922)
• The Cat's Eye (1923)
• The Mystery of Angelina Frood (1924)
• The Shadow of the Wolf (1925)
• The D'Arblay Mystery (1926)
• A Certain Dr. Thorndyke (1927)
• As A Thief in the Night (1928)
• Mr. Pottermack's Oversight (1930)
• Pontifex, Son and Thorndyke (1931)
• When Rogues Fall Out (1932), published in the USA as Dr. Thorndyke's Discovery
• Dr. Thorndyke Intervenes (1933)
• For the Defence: Dr. Thorndyke (1934)
• The Penrose Mystery (1936)
• Felo de Se (1937), published in the USA as Death At The Inn
• The Stoneware Monkey (1938)
• Mr. Polton Explains (1940)
• The Jacob Street Mystery (1942), published in the USA as The Unconscious Witness

Story Collections

• John Thorndyke's Cases (1909), published in the USA as Dr. Thorndyke's Cases
• The Singing Bone (1912), published in the USA as The Adventures of Dr Thorndyke
• Dr. Thorndyke's Casebook (1923), published in the USA as The Blue Scarab
• The Puzzle Lock (1925)
• The Magic Casket (1927)
• The Famous Cases of Dr. Thorndyke (1928), published in the USA as The Dr Thorndyke Omnibus
• Dr. Thorndyke's Crime File (1941)

Other Works

Novels

• The Golden Pool: A Story of a Forgotten Mine (1907)
• The Unwilling Adventurer (1913)
• The Uttermost Farthing (1913), published in the USA as A Savant's Vendetta
• The Exploits of Danby Croker (1916)
• The Great Portrait Mystery (1918)
• The Suprising Experiences of Mr Shuttlebury Cobb (1927)
• The Queen's Treasure, with John Pitcairn, as Clifford Ashdown (1975)

Story Collections

• The Adventures of Romney Pringle, with John Pitcairn, as Clifford Ashdown (1902)
• The Further Adventures of Romney Pringle, with John Pitcairn, as Clifford Ashdown (1903)
• Flighty Phyllis (1928)

Other

• From a Surgeon's Diary, with John Pitcairn, as Clifford Ashdown (1904-5)

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1923. They may be copyrighted outside the U.S. (see Help:Public domain). However, works published before 1923 may be in the public domain in countries where they would ordinarily be copyrighted (due to the term of 70 years [or less] after the author's death having not yet expired) but whose legislature has waived copyright by accepting the rule of the shorter term.