The Red Thumb Mark - Couverture souple

Freeman, R. Austin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0486252108 ISBN 13 : 9780486252100

Editeur : Dover Publications Inc., 1986

Synopsis

Book by Freeman R Austin

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Richard Austin Freeman (1862 –1943) was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr. Thorndyke. He 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. Many of the Dr. Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.

Présentation de l'éditeur

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?

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Dover Publications Inc.
• Date d'édition: 1986
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0486252108
• ISBN 13: 9780486252100
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Soc. Agr. La Raia Ss; http://www.la-raia.it; ; Strada Monterotondo, 79; Novi Ligure; 15067; Italie