The Red Thumb Mark

by R. Austin Freeman

Overview

John Hornby is the proud owner of a dazzling diamond business and when his nephews go into business with him, they are determined to be given their full share of responsibility. A consignment of diamonds is entrusted to the nephews who place their precious hoard in a safe overnight. But come the morning, the diamonds are missing and incredibly, the safe has been left untouched, all except for two blood smeared thumb prints and the inevitable presence of a mysterious Mr X. In one of Freeman's finest, will Dr Thorndyke, the erudite master of insight solve the enigma of the red thumb mark?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789635229444
Publisher:	Booklassic
Publication date:	07/07/2015
Series:	The Red Thumb Mark
Sold by:	PUBLISHDRIVE KFT
Format:	eBook
Pages:	140
Sales rank:	312,064
File size:	524 KB

About the Author

Dr. Richard Austin Freeman (born 11 April 1862-died September 28, 1943). He was a British author of detective stories, for the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr. Thorndyke. He created the confusing detective story, a crime fiction wherein the commission of the crime is portrayed toward the start, normally including the personality of the culprit, with the story, then, later describing the detective's attempt to settle the mystery. This innovation has been portrayed as Freeman's most notable contribution to investigator fiction. 30 Freeman involved some of his initial experiences as a colonial surgeon in his books. Various of Dr. Thorndyke's stories include genuine, though sometimes arcane, points of scientific knowledge from regions like tropical medicine, metallurgy, and toxicology.

Table of Contents

	Preface	i
1	My Learned Brother	1
2	The Suspect	7
3	A Lady in the Case	19
4	Confidences	34
5	The 'Thumbograph'	46
6	Committed for Trial	56
7	Shoals and Quicksands	66
8	A Suspicious Accident	74
9	The Prisoner	81
10	Polton is Mystified	90
11	The Ambush	100
12	It Might Have Been	117
13	Murder by Post	126
14	A Startling Discovery	140
15	The Fingerprint Experts	151
16	Thorndyke Plays His Card	181
17	At Last	208