Eight stories by the British detective writer reveal the inquisitive Dr. Thorndyke's amazing talent for solving murder cases

The Best Dr. Thorndyke Detective Stories (Dover Edition)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

R. Austin Freeman

Mystery

Dover Pubns

First Dover Publications printing. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" trade paperback is in very good condition. Rubs to the book's spine tips and corners. Creases along the spine edges. There is a 1/2" tear at the front wrapper's upper left corner.

The Stoneware Monkey & The Penrose Mystery, Two Dr. Thorndyke Detective Novels

Dover Publications. Inc.

Mr. Pottermack's Oversight

British Library Publishing

An anthology of mystery stories: The Boscombe Valley Mystery, by Arthur Conan Doyle Mr. Bovey's Unexpected Will, by L. T. Meade and Robert Eustace A Bracelet at Bruges, by Arnold Bennett Who Stole the Black Diamonds, by Baroness Orczy The Blue Sequin, by R. Austin Freeman.

Great Detective Stories (Watermill Classics)

Children's Books

Baroness Orczy

Robert Eustace

Arnold, Bennett

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L.T. Meade

Mysteries & Detectives

Troll Communications Llc

Penrose Mystery

Literature & Fiction

Lythway P.

The Singing Bone

Literary

John Thorndyke's Cases

Self-Help

Relationships

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

The Cat's Eye: A Dr. Thorndyke Mystery Novel

Wildside Press

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. I had been assured by my medical agent, Mr. Turcival, that I should find the practice of which I was now taking charge "an exceedingly soft billet, and suitable for a studious man;" and certainly he had not misled me, for the patients were, in fact, so few that I was quite concerned for my principal, and rather dull for want of work. Hence, when my friend John Thorndyke, the well-known medico-legal expert, proposed to come down and stay with me for a weekend and perhaps a few days beyond, I hailed the proposal with delight, and welcomed him with open arms. "You certainly don't seem to be overworked, Jervis," he remarked, as we turned out of the gate after tea, on the day of his arrival, for a stroll on the shore. "Is this a new practice, or an old one in a state of senile decay?" "Why, the fact is," I answered, "there is virtually no practice. Cooper—my principal—has been here about six years, and as he has private means he has never made any serious effort to build one up; and the other man, Dr. Burrows, being uncommonly keen, and the people very conservative, Cooper has never really got his foot in. However, it doesn't seem to trouble him." "Well, if he is satisfied, I suppose you are," said Thorndyke, with a smile. "You are getting a seaside holiday, and being paid for it. But I didn't know you were as near to the sea as this." We were entering, as he spoke, an artificial gap-way cut through the low cliff, forming a steep cart-track down to the shore. It was locally known as Sundersley Gap, and was used principally, when used at all, by the farmers' carts which came down to gather seaweed after a gale.

The Mystery Of 31 New Inn

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Mystery Of 31 New Inn

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