Dr. Thorndyke's Crime File
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R. Austin Freeman. Dr. Thorndyke's Crime File
Dr. Thorndyke's Crime File
Table of Contents
I. — MEET DR THORNDYKE
A FASCINATING INSIGHT INTO THE CHARACTER WRITTEN BY THE AUTHOR
II. — THE EYE OF OSIRIS
CHAPTER I. THE VANISHING MAN
CHAPTER II. THE EAVESDROPPER
CHAPTER III. JOHN THORNDYKE
CHAPTER IV. LEGAL COMPLICATIONS AND A JACKAL
CHAPTER V. THE WATERCRESS-BED
CHAPTER VI. SIDELIGHTS
CHAPTER VII. JOHN BELLINGHAM'S WILL
CHAPTER VIII. A MUSEUM IDYLL
CHAPTER IX. THE SPHINX OF LINCOLN'S INN
CHAPTER X. THE NEW ALLIANCE
CHAPTER XI. THE EVIDENCE REVIEWED
CHAPTER XII. A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY
CHAPTER XIII. THE CORONER'S QUEST
CHAPTER XIV. WHICH CARRIES THE READER INTO THE PROBATE COURT
CHAPTER XV. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
CHAPTER XVI. O ARTEMIDORUS, FAREWELL!
CHAPTER XVII. THE ACCUSING FINGER
CHAPTER XVIII. JOHN BELLINGHAM
CHAPTER XIX. A STRANGE SYMPOSIUM
CHAPTER XX. THE END OF THE CASE
III. — THE ART OF THE DETECTIVE STORY
IV. — THE MYSTERY OF ANGELINA FROOD
CHAPTER I—THE DOPER'S WIFE
CHAPTER II—RE-ENTER "MR. JOHNSON"
CHAPTER III—ANGELINA FROOD
CHAPTER IV—DEALS WITH CHARITY AND ARCHAEOLOGY
CHAPTER V—JOHN THORNDYKE
CHAPTER VI—THE SHADOWS DEEPEN
CHAPTER VII—MRS. GILLOW SOUNDS THE ALARM
CHAPTER VIII—SERGEANT COBBLEDICK TAKES A HAND
CHAPTER IX—JETSAM
CHAPTER X—WHICH DEALS WITH ANCIENT MONUMENTS AND A BLUE BOAR
CHAPTER XI—THE MAN WITH THE MOLE
CHAPTER XII—THE PRINTS OF A VANISHED HAND
CHAPTER XIII—THE DISCOVERY IN BLACK BOY-LANE
CHAPTER XIV—SERGEANT COBBLEDICK IS ENLIGHTENED
CHAPTER XV—THE END OF THE TRAIL
CHAPTER XVI—THE INQUIRY AND A SURPRISE
CHAPTER XVII—THORNDYKE PUTS DOWN HIS PIECE
CHAPTER XVIII—THE UNCONTRITE PENITENT
CHAPTER XIX—EXPLANATIONS
V. — 5A KING'S BENCH WALK
VI. — MR. POTTERMACK'S OVERSIGHT
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER I—MR. POTTERMACK MAKES A DISCOVERY
CHAPTER II—THE SECRET VISITOR
CHAPTER III—MR. POTTERMACK GOES A-SUGARING
CHAPTER IV—THE PLACING OF THE SUN-DIAL
CHAPTER V—DR. THORNDYKE LISTENS TO A STRANGE STORY
CHAPTER VI—DR. THORNDYKE BECOMES INQUISITIVE
CHAPTER VII—THE CRIMINAL RECORDS
CHAPTER VIII—MR. POTTERMACK SEEKS ADVENTURE
CHAPTER IX—PROVIDENCE INTERVENES
CHAPTER X—A RETROSPECT
CHAPTER XI—MR. POTTERMACK'S DILEMMA
CHAPTER XII—THE UNDERSTUDY
CHAPTER XIII—THE SETTING OF THE TABLEAU
CHAPTER XIV—THE DISCOVERY
CHAPTER XV—DR. THORNDYKE'S CURIOSITY IS AROUSED
CHAPTER XVI—EXIT KHAMA-HERU
CHAPTER XVII—DR. THORNDYKE RELATES A QUEER CASE
CHAPTER XVIII—THE SUN-DIAL HAS THE LAST WORD
THE END
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R. Austin Freeman
Published by Good Press, 2021
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