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- Author
- R. Austin Freeman
- Publisher
- Independently Published
- Released
- 1911
- Readers
- 2.0★ (1)
The Eye of Osiris
1911 · Book · R. Austin Freeman
London (england), fictionPhysicians, fictionThorndyke, doctor (fictitious character), fictionFiction, mystery & detective, generalMissing personsPrivate investigators
Dr. John Thorndyke is a professor of medicine, but he is also a pathological sleuth with a taste for mysteries that would stop other detectives cold. The disappearance of a successful archaeologist. poses a disturbing riddle to Thorndyke: "When is a murder not a murder?' The answer hinges on the question of whether or not it is possible to fabricate a corpse out of whole cloth. And why would anyone want to, except to disguise a murder? by R. Austin Freeman