The First R. Austin Freeman MEGAPACK ®
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R. Austin Freeman. The First R. Austin Freeman MEGAPACK ®
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A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER
Richard Austin Freeman (1862–1943) has a well-deserved reputation as a master of the mystery story, primarily for his long-running series about Dr. John Thorndyke, the first medico-legal forensic investigator. Freeman claimed to have invented the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective’s attempt to solve the mystery). Freeman used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels.
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“Yes, that will do,” said Mr. Lawley; “you two walk down together. Now let us go.”
We trooped out on to the pavement, beside which a four-wheeler was drawn up, and as the others were entering the cab, Thorndyke stood close beside me for a moment.
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