R. Austin Freeman

As a Thief in the Night (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Another brilliant mystery featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr Thorndyke! Harold is a patient found dead from arsenic poisoning, Amos his brother is left in no doubt that foul play is afoot. The inquiry begins and Harold's wife is soon singled out as the prime suspect. What ensues is a roller coaster ride into crime fiction at its best as the truth of the fateful night eludes even the best of detective minds. Could it be a simple case of a wife poisoning her husband, or is it just possible that another shadowy figure stole into Harold's room, as a thief in the night, to rid the world of an innocent man?

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Reading Essentials
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781773234397
• Artikelnr.: 55106556

Autorenporträt

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.