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Jan 1, 1862 — Jan 1, 1943· 81 yrs

UNITED KINGDOM AUTHOR · FICTION · PHYSICIANS

R. Austin Freeman

Also known as: R., Austin Freeman, Austin R. Freeman

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Dr. Richard Austin Freeman (11 April 1862 – 28 September 1943) was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr. Thorndyke. He 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). This invention has been described as Freeman's most notable contribution to detective fiction.

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"I should be very glad of your immediate assistance in what promises to be a most remarkable case.

— from Country House Murders

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Country House Murders

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Contains: [Adventure of the Abbey Grange]( / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A marriage tragedy / Wilkie Collins Lord Chizelrigg's missing fortune / Robert Barr The Fordwych Castle mystery / Emmuska, Baroness Orczy The blue scarab / R. Austin Freeman The doom of the Darnaways / G. K. Chesterton The shadow on the glass / Agatha Christie The queen's square / Dorothy L. Sayers Death on the air / Ngaio Marsh The same to us / Margery Allingham The hunt ball / Freeman Wills Crofts The incautious burglar / John Dickson Carr The long shot / Nicholas Blake. Jeeves and the stolen Venus / P. G. Wodehouse Death in the sun / Michael Innes An unlocked window / Ethel Lina White The wood-for-the-trees / Philip MacDonald The man on the roof / Christianna Brand The death of Amy Robsart / Cyril Hare Fen Hall / Ruth Rendell A very desirable residence / P. D. James The Worcester enigma / James Miles.

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The Shadow of the Wolf

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Libby's family moves to Northern Michigan WHERE she is reunited with her best friend, Fawn, whose family now lives there with the Ottawa tribe. The girls' happiness is short lived when they find out that greedy men are trying to cheat the Indians out of their land. Now Libby and Fawn must think of a way to stop them--before the forest is lost forever.From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Pontifex, Son and Thorndyke

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