The Best Dr. Thorndyke
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780844647395 (084464739X)
Publisher: Peter Smith Publisher
Edition language: English
Think "CSI: London (c. 1900)" or an episode of "Columbo" or "Quincy" and you'll have an idea of the flavor of this collection of mysteries written by R. Austin Freeman in the first decades of the 20th century.Freeman was one of the pioneers of the "scientific detective story" and is a competent writ...