Eye of Osiris

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 30, 2023

In Category - Detective Fiction

Authors: R. Austin Freeman In Year : 1911

Book Language: English

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The Vanishing Man
The Eavesdropper
John Thorndyke
Legal Complications and a Jackal
The Water-Cress Bed
Sidelights
John Bellingham's Will
A Museum Idyll
The Sphinx of Lincoln's Inn
The New Alliance
The Evidence Reviewed
A Voyage of Discovery
The Coroner's Quest
Which Carries the Reader into the Probate Court
Circumstancial Evidence
Oh Artemidorus, Farewell!
The Accusing Finger
John Bellingham
A Strange Symposium
The End of the Case

The Eye of Osiris is an early example from the Dr. Thorndyke series of detective stories written by R. Austin Freeman. In these stories, the author drew on his extensive medical and scientific knowledge for his main character, a medico-legal expert who relies on forensic evidence and logical deduction in solving cases. In this case, Thorndyke steps in to investigate the disappearance of one John Bellingham, an English gentleman and amateur Egyptologist, who has vanished under very mysterious circumstances. Thorndyke's involvement in the case arises from a both purely professional interest in the unique character of the case, as well as from the fact that a young doctor and former student of his has recently become closely acquainted with the missing man's brother and niece. (summary by J.M. Smallheer)