The Red Thumb Mark

by R. Austin Freeman

Overview

Originally written in 1907, „The Red Thumb Mark” opens the series by R. Austin Freeman featuring Dr. Thorndyke, who is a sort of Sherlock-Holmes type character. A single fingerprint is found at the scene of a crime. When the police are able to identify that fingerprint, the case seems closed. But Dr. Thorndyke, the detective/barrister/medical doctor who takes on defense of this suspect, thinks he can disprove the prosecution’s case, based on that same fingerprint. It does not take Dr. Thorndyke to figure out who the criminal is. It is up to Dr. John Thorndyke, and his new assistant Dr. Jervis to prove the young man’s innocence before he’s found guilty and hanged. The mystery in this wonderful detective tale is who the lovely heroine is in love with. The answer may surprise you.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788381154321
Publisher:	Ktoczyta.pl
Publication date:	03/22/2017
Sold by:	Libreka GmbH
Format:	eBook
Pages:	243
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	6 Years

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