The Complete Works of R. Austin Freeman: Action Thrillers, Murder Mysteries & Detective Stories
Inverted Detective Stories & Forensic Mysteries of Dr. ThorndykeBy R. Austin Freeman
Length321h 52m
About this audiobook
The Complete Works of R. Austin Freeman gathers the varied fiction of a foundational figure in modern detective literature: action-driven thrillers, murder mysteries, and investigations shaped by scientific reasoning. Across these stories, Freeman's plots often turn on forensic detail, medical knowledge, material traces, and the patient reconstruction of events, most famously through the analytical Dr. John Thorndyke. His celebrated "inverted" detective narratives may reveal the crime before the investigation begins, shifting suspense from the question of guilt to the ingenious demonstration of how guilt can be proved. Precise, methodical, and richly attentive to professional procedure, the collection stands at the intersection of Victorian sensation fiction, Edwardian adventure, and the Golden Age crime tradition. Richard Austin Freeman (1862–1943) trained as a physician and worked as a colonial medical officer before establishing himself as a writer. His scientific background decisively informed his fiction, lending its descriptions of pathology, evidence, and laboratory practice an unusual authority. Writing during a period fascinated by technological progress and rational inquiry, Freeman helped transform detective fiction from a tale of intuition into a disciplined investigation governed by observable facts. His work also reflects the era's interest in empire, urban modernity, and the moral ambiguities concealed beneath respectable social surfaces. This volume is recommended to readers who value intellectually rigorous mysteries as much as suspenseful storytelling. It offers both an expansive portrait of Freeman's career and an essential record of the genre's development, rewarding readers interested in forensic science, narrative experimentation, and the historical origins of the modern detective story.
Audiobook details
GenreMystery and Thriller
Length321 hrs 52 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 22, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Andy Adams Cowboy Collection – 19 Western Classics in One Volume (Annotated)
26At Last
2The Complete Works of R. Austin Freeman: Action Thrillers, Murder Mysteries & Detective Stories
27The Vanishing Man
3Introduction:
28The Eavesdropper
4SHORT BIOGRAPHY
29John Thorndyke
5THE ART OF THE DETECTIVE STORY
30Legal Complications and a Jackal
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6Dr. Thorndyke Series:
31The Watercress-Bed
7Introduction
32Sidelights
8MEET DR. THORNDYKE
33John Bellingham's Will
9Novels
34A Museum Idyll
10My Learned Brother
35The Sphinx of Lincoln's Inn
11The Suspect
36The New Alliance
12A Lady in the Case
37The Evidence Reviewed
13Confidences
38A Voyage of Discovery
14The 'Thumbograph'
39The Crowner's Quest
15Committed for Trial
40Which Carries the Reader Into the Probate Court
16Shoals and Quicksands
41Circumstantial Evidence
17A Suspicious Accident
42"O! Artemidorus, Farewell!"
18The Prisoner
43The Accusing Finger
19Polton Is Mystified
44John Bellingham
20The Ambush
45A Strange Symposium
21It Might Have Been
46The End of the Case
22Murder by Post
47Preface
23A Startling Discovery
48The Mysterious Patient
24The Finger-Print Experts
49Thorndyke Devises a Scheme
25Thorndyke Plays His Card
50"A Chiel's Amang Ye Takin' Notes"
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