„The Penrose Mystery”, fist published in 1936, is definitely up to the high standard of the wonderful Dr. Thorndyke series. Penrose is an eccentric old man in possession of some dazzling gems, which he won’t insure. When Dr. Thorndyke is alerted to a burglary at his house, a scrap of paper is found with the word ‘lobster’ on it along with two Latin words. Meanwhile, Penrose has fled in panic after a car accident. The police believe he’s gone into hiding to avoid a manslaugh...

Dr. John Thorndike is a fictional detective in a series of novels. He is a medical lawyer – a doctor by origin, he turned to the bar and became one of the first, in modern terms, forensic experts. His decisions were based on his method of collecting all possible data.

Książka Austina Jersilda, profesora Wydziału Historii w Old Dominion University, jest bodaj pierwszą monografią o XIX-wiecznym podboju Kaukazu Północnego przez Rosję. Stanowi przy tym skuteczną odtrutkę na kłamliwą propagandę historyczną, posługującą się twierdzeniami, że „ciągła ekspansja Rosji na południe wynikała z konieczności obrony, ale także ze zwykłego pragmatyzmu”. Dokumentując proces narodzin i zmierzchu „orientalistycznej” narracji Imperium Rosyjskiego na Kau...

A daring daylight art theft from a crowded museum, a secret document centuries old, and a hidden treasure, these are the elements of the title story in this collection of tales by R. Austin Freeman. Though best known for his famous forensic sleuth, Dr. John Thorndyke, Freeman also on occasion wrote stories featuring other characters. In addition to „The Great Portrait Mystery”, this collection features four more of these tales which show a more whimsical and humorous side o...

Angelina Frood, a striking young ex-actress, has gone missing and her new friend Dr. Strangeways, a good-hearted young doctor and the narrator of the story, is determined to find out what has happened and along the way enlists the assistance of Dr. Thorndyke. The local police Sergeant is hot on the trail, as items of clothing and jewellery belonging to Angelina are discovered. There’s serious trouble ahead, but fortunately Dr. Thorndyke, the great medico-legal expert, will ...

Dr. Thorndyke is the CSI of his day. Most of the book is taken up with the account of how an innocent man gets himself thoroughly entangled in what looks like the certainty that he will be hanged, either for the death of a man he saw only once, or amazingly, for his own death! But, of course, Dr. Thorndyke is able to extricate him from this awful situation and triumph yet again. This is the amazing story of a polite, artistic gentleman who, by a series of mistakes, accident...

This little novel is a total departure from the Dr. Thorndyke mysteries, the classic British detective novels that made Freeman’s reputation. The heroine is a perfectly proper but adventurous young woman named Phyllis, who takes over her cousin Charlie’s chambers in Clifford Inn. The presence of some of Charlie’s clothes in the closet gives her the idea of dressing as a man for a fancy dress ball. Unfortunately, Phyllis looks just like the charming Charlie when wearing his ...

All the Dr. Thorndyke books are outstanding. This one is no exception. In this installment, the action centers on one Dr. Humphrey Jardine, who is the narrator of the story, and who himself is the focus of several strange events. Jardine’s troubles begin with a casual walk, where he comes across the body of a man and runs to fetch the police, only to come back and find that the dead man has disappeared. The police can find no trace that the man was ever there, so Jardine ta...

Temperatura na całej planecie rośnie, lodowce topnieją, a niewinne zwierzęta cierpią. Ludzie mieli już swoją szansę, żeby wszystko naprawić, jednak zawiedli. Nadszedł czas, by to zwierzęta wzięły sprawy we własne łapy. Najwyższa pora na interwencję… Bractwa Zagrożonych.Kiedy Zagrożeni dowiadują się, że jeden z ostatnich przedstawicieli niemal całkowicie wymarłego gatunku leniwców znalazł się w tarapatach, nie wahają się zabrać sprzętu, uruchomić helikoptera i wyruszyć na ratu...

The Magic Casket – Thorndike solves the mystery of the box in order to locate a jewel stolen from a client and get rid of the dastardly Japanese who are after them in every way.

This novel is an excellent example of the inverted detective story, a modern form that R. Austin Freeman is credited with inventing. You know from the beginning who the guilty party is, but watching Dr. Thorndyke figure it out is amazing. And watching the perpetrator think that he is getting away with his crime, while watching Dr. Thorndyke close in on him is well-done literary irony. The fun comes not from being baffled, but from watching Thorndyke’s mind at work and obser...

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 n...

Mr. Pottermack, wrongly convicted for forgery of checks, has escaped from jail, made his fortune in the US and come back to England to find his fiance. The only one who is cleverer than Mr. Pottermack is Freeman’s detective, Dr. Thorndyke. In this novel, the sympathetic, engaging and enterprising Mr. Pottermack commits the perfect crime, only to discover that a perfect crime is the last thing in the world he wants. Then Mr. Pottermack comes up against the legendary Dr. John...

This is a delightful Thorndyke mystery full of suspicious happenings, like the ugly human head found in a box checked at a railway station cloakroom. Other peculiar things are afoot too. A rich American gentleman has come to London to make a claim for an earldom, based on some far-fetched „evidence.” His lawyers seem particularly unsavory. And there’s been a daring robbery of precious platinum, with a British vessel somehow implicated. The plot evolves around all these susp...

R. Austin Freeman was one of the best mystery writers ever and this book is one to prove it. Harold Monkhouse is a very sick man but no one including his doctor seems to know what is wrong with him. When he is found dead of arsenic poisoning, his brother demands an investigation and everyone in the household is a suspect. Who was behind this cruel death; the loving wife, Barbara; her friend, Madeline or Wallingford, the rather eccentric secretary? They all inherit something...

Richard Austin Freeman, the doyen of the scientific division of detective writing is best known for his character Dr. John Thorndyke. A close and careful investigator and the outstanding medical authority in the field of detective fiction, R. Austin Freeman not only tested the wits of the reader but also inspired many modern detective forensic methods. „Shuttlebury Cobb” is a completely different sort of book. In it Freeman demonstrates his sense of humor and whimsy as he f...

Wierni towarzysze w dzieciństwie – Manasses, syn Hiskiasza, i Jozue, syn pałacowego zarządcy – od początku są przygotowywani do panowania nad Judą. Jednak niespodziewana śmierć ojca Manassesa rozpala w jego sercu gniew na Boga. Gdy Manasses obejmuje władzę, jego brak pewności siebie prowadzi go w stronę czarnoksięstwa. W obawie przed spiskiem występuje przeciwko przywódcom z czasów panowania ojca.Gdy jego rządy przybierają brutalny charakter, Jozue i jego rodzina doświadczają...

Kiedy do Nehemiasza docierają wieści, że mur Jeruzalem jest zburzony, a jego bramy płoną ogniem, mężczyzna szuka Bożego przewodnictwa w poście i modlitwie. Kierowany Bożą wolą, rezygnuje ze stanowiska podczaszego perskiego króla Artakserksesa. Wyrusza do Jerozolimy, aby odbudować mur, symbol potęgi jego narodu. Nehemiasz nie spodziewał się jednak wszystkich niebezpieczeństw, jakie go czekają. Przywódcy okolicznych narodów stają się jego zaciekłymi wrogami, planują zabić go i ...

A gang of jewel thieves has come to the attention of the police. Will Dr. Thorndike be able to find the leader and the jewels? It would seem that the jewel merchant has a strong room with a puzzle lock where there are too many combinations to solve. But can it be done.

In this collection of short stories, the reader learns the killer’s identity long before the brilliant medical detective takes the stage. These are brilliant early examples of open secrets where the question is not who, but how will they be caught?

Autorki bestsellerów „USA Today” przedstawiają wzruszającą, pełną porywów namiętności historię opartą na faktach. Studentka Cate Forbes ma starannie zaplanowaną przyszłość, nic jednak nie wie o miłości. Bez obaw udaje się na randkę w ciemno ze smakowitym kąskiem, jakim niewątpliwie jest Drew McKnight. Cate myśli, że ukoronowaniem wieczoru będą gorące igraszki. Wystarczy jedno spojrzenie na seksownego rezydenta szpitala, by zapragnęła czegoś więcej. Nieustępliwy, grający ...

Kobieciarz, Dziwkarz, Łamacz Serc - to imiona znane Benowi Rhodesowi. Woli Money Mana lub Sex Goda, ale nie pozwala, by rządziły nim opinie innych ludzi. Śmierć najlepszego przyjaciela w młodym wieku dała mu cenną lekcję: nie zbliżać się zbytnio do nikogo… nigdy. Aż jedna inteligentna i uparta kobieta o przyciągających wzrok krzywiznach rzuca mu wyzwanie… I nie chce dać się oswoić. Samantha Calhoun po druzgocącym zerwaniu z facetem, o którym myślała, że będzie jej mężem, skup...

Pierwszy tom seksownej serii „King Maker”!To, co zrobiła Bailey w sylwestrową noc w toalecie hotelowej z seksownym nieznajomym, było kompletnie nie w jej stylu. Przecież ona jest grzeczną dziewczyną. Fakt, była zraniona po burzliwym rozstaniu z niewiernym narzeczonym, ale to jej nie usprawiedliwiało.Po wszystkim seksowny nieznajomy po prostu wyszedł i ją zostawił.To zabolało. Bardzo mocno. Chociaż Bailey wolałaby się do tego nie przyznawać. Na szczęście wiedziała, ż...

In this tightly plotted novel, we follow the bizarre career of a man who loathes criminals. After Humphrey Challoner finds his wife killed by the bullet of a robber in his home, he vows to catch the man. Mr. Challoner is a wealthy savant, and he saved the fingerprints of the robber as well as some of the robber’s strange hair which Challoner’s wife had in her hand. For twenty years Humphrey hunts for the killer, in the process revenging himself on London’s criminals class i...