The National Portrait Gallery is the opening setting for this delightful mystery of theft and fraud. A painter copies diligently from a watercolour one morning when an enigmatic musician suddenly appears and causes mayhem with his musical interludes, hopping from one picture to another and giving a remarkable rendition of different songs. But while the curator follows him around trying to call a halt to the musical spectacle, the copyist replaces a watercolour masterpiece and makes an infamous escape. Who is the mysterious musician? Who is the mysterious copyist? And what has happened to the priceless watercolour?
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'This man Austin Freeman is a wonderful performer -- Raymond Chandler
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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.
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An excellent collection which will please mystery fans who enjoy works such as the Sherlock Holmes mysteries and/or the novels and stories of Agatha Christie. These stories are written in the Victorian/Edwardian style and very intriguing.The collection includes: The Great Portrait Mystery The Bronze Parrot Powder Blue and Hawthorn The Attorney's Conscience The Luck of Barnabas Mudge If you don't like stories which depend upon you setting aside conceptions of what is real (such as believing in unseen spiritual powers, the supernatural, magical events or fate) then you may not enjoy The Bronze Parrot or The Attorney's Conscience. The other stories, however, follow a plot which most would categorize as "it could have happened," rather than relying on the mystical to inspire the story. I found all the stories very enjoyable, you just have to have the imagination required for those two special stories. The Great Portrait Mystery is as the title indicates a story centered on a piece of art. Essentially this is a mystery story about theft, but very cleverly done. The Bronze Parrot combines the mystical and the psychological in examining what happens to a shy, country parson when he finds a Bronze Parrot. Powder Blue and Hawthorn is a con-artist type mystery involving coffins and treasure. The Attorney's Conscience is a story of a family conundrum solved years later by some very odd coincidences and ultimately a tale of justice. The Luck of Barnabas Mudge is an intriguing story of treasure, cleverness, and good fortune. An enjoyable collection available for the Kindle in the public domain on manybooks.net
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