The D'arblay Mystery (World Cultural Heritage Library) [Paperback]

R. Austin Freeman (Author)

Book Description

Series: World Cultural Heritage Library | Publication Date: September 9, 2009

When a man is found floating beneath the skin of a green-skimmed pond one morning, Dr Thorndyke becomes embroiled in an astonishing case. This wickedly entertaining detective fiction reveals that the victim was murdered through a lethal injection and someone out there is trying a cover-up.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'This man Austin Freeman is a wonderful performer -- Raymond Chandler --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

R. Austin Freeman is the doyen of the scientific division of detective writing, is best known for his character Dr John Thorndyke. A close and careful investigator and the outstanding medical authority in the field of detective fiction, R. Austin Freeman not only tested the wits of the reader but also inspired many modern detective forensic methods. Much of his long life was spent as a physician and surgeon at the Middlesex Hospital, London. He also held posts in West Africa and later was a medical officer at Holloway Prison. The most famous of the Edwardian detective writers, he rescued the detective story from "thrillerdom" and made it acceptable to a more discerning class of reader. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 150 pages
• Publisher: Intl Business Pubns USA (September 9, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1438794398
• ISBN-13: 978-1438794396

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