Customer Reviews

Dr. Thorndyke Mysteries Collection, Volume Two (Four Books in One Volume!)

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I had never read Dr Thorndyke before, and I really like these stories. They are of the genre of Sherlock Holmes and Christie's Perot. Great reading.

I have found the Dr. Thorndyke mysteries to be as good, or better, than many of the mysteries written today. They have a dephth to the stories that is often missing in our current literature, and the stories are amazingly modern in their feel. Of course, you have the period piece of England in the early 20th century, but somehow the stories do not seem dated. The mysteries are also exciting. You keep reading because the story is truly interesting. Forensic evidence is brought to bear, as well as points of law in relation to medical jurisprudence. I find them very believable and plausible, and I would recommend them to anyone who enjoys a good mystery. They have somewhat of the feel of a Sherlock Holmes story in a more genteel manner.

I have read the first book in the collection and I found the book to be wonderfully formatted. The book was well written but I knew who did it and more or less how by the 5th chapter (there are 17 in the book) so the rest was enjoying the writing and the side action. I will read the other books.

First, these are some of the greatest detective stories ever written, in my view far superior to Sherlock Holmes - better written and more empathetic characters. However, it suffers from a fundamental problem I have found in many Kindle editions - appalling spelling and formatting mistakes. The problem is that these books are out of copyright, are "read" using OCR technology, inadequately proof-read, and then made available in electronic form for Kindle. If you bought a printed book with these errors, you would demand your money back. Reading Kindle makes you realise just how excellent is the quality of printed books. It is tragic to think that the creation of this sub-standard electronic dross could threaten the existence of the real thing. Would you buy a car with no brakes? So, its out with Kindle and all its profiteering for zero effort. Perhaps someday, somebody will do this job properly.

I love the Thorndyke mysteries - They are a quick, easy read for busy people. If you are interested in the English language, the older-style English is really fun to read, but it is not such old English that it becomes hard to understand.