Mystery and Crime Freeman, R Austin: The D'Arblay Mystery. V1. 12 Mar 2011

[crutledge]

Richard Austin Freeman (11 April 1862 London - 28 September 1943 Gravesend) — known as R. Austin Freeman — 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) and used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels.
A large proportion of the Dr Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.

When a man is found floating beneath the skin of a green-skimmed pond one morning, Dr Thorndyke becomes embroiled in an astonishing case. This wickedly entertaining detective fiction reveals that the victim was murdered through a lethal injection and someone out there is trying a cover-up.

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[craigg4c]

Charlie,

Thanks for another great RAF. Minor proofing --
period space Gray >> comma space Gray at
Kindle loc:
1364: ... down anywhere. Gray?"
1485: ... to see me. Gray.
1495: ... you were lost. Gray,
1535: ... you see. Gray,
1829: ... quite right. Gray.
1897: ... on your guard. Gray.
2047: ... I hope. Gray,"
2235: ... My position. Gray,
2463: ... come early. Gray.
3104: ... and I think. Gray,


Craig

[HarryT]

Craig, this is already fully proof-read in my omnibus edition.