R. Austin Freeman

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 2


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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes was a British TV series from the early 70s that dramatized stories written contemporaneously with the Sherlock…

The Vanishing Man


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A young doctor, former student of the legal and medical expert Dr. John Thorndyke, finds himself almost accidentally drawn into a case in wh…

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 1


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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes was a British TV series from the early 70s that dramatized stories written contemporaneously with the Sherlock…

A Silent Witness


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In this detective novel, the young doctor Humphrey Jardine stumbles upon a corpse during a walk near Hampstead Heath in the middle of the ni…

Short Mystery Story Collection 001


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LibriVox’s Short Mystery Story Collection 001: a collection of 10 short works of mysterious fiction in the public domain read by a group of …

Short Mystery Story Collection 004


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LibriVox’s Short Mystery Story Collection 004: a collection of ten short works of mysterious fiction in the public domain read by a group of…

The Mystery of 31 New Inn


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Jeffrey Blackmore suspiciously made two wills, both deceptively alike, but still, in a cunning way, completely different. John Thorndyke, eq…

The Uttermost Farthing


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Humphrey Challoner is a solitary old man who spent a lifetime collecting for his private museum, primarily mammals exhibiting osteological a…

The Eye of Osiris


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The Eye of Osiris is an early example from the Dr. Thorndyke series of detective stories written by R. Austin Freeman. In these stories, th…

The Red Thumb Mark


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Missing diamonds, untouched safe, two blood smeared thumb prints and a mysterious Mr X. If these are present, Dr Thorndyke must be there too…

Short Mystery Story Collection 002


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LibriVox’s Short Mystery Story Collection 002: a collection of 10 short works of mysterious fiction in the public domain read by a group of …

John Thorndyke's Cases


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Detective John Thorndyke never disappoints when solving crime in this collection of Freeman's works. - Summary by A. K. Morton

The Singing Bone or The Adventures of Dr. Thorndyke


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In its original form, this book was published with the title, "The Singing Bone." It was later republished as "The Adventures…

Short Story Collection Vol. 054


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LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 054: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.

Short Story Collection Vol. 071


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Romance and mystery abound in this, the seventy-first collection of short stories selected and read by Librivox volunteers.

The D'Arblay Mystery


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Stephen Gray is a recent graduate of medicine. As he is walking through a sleepy English village he stumbles upon a tragedy involving a beau…

The Times' Red Cross Story Book By Famous Novelists Serving In His Majesty's Fo…


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These eighteen stories were published in 1915, in the midst of World War I. "Published For The Times' Fund For The Sick And Wounded&qu…

Short Mystery and Suspense Collection 014


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The 14th Librivox Mystery and Suspense Collection brings together Arthur Conan Doyle and Baroness Emma Orczy, Anna Katharine Green and Ambro…

As A Thief In The Night


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As one of the many stories written by R. Austin Freeman this book includes the most interesting character of Dr. Thorndyke. He commands the …

Short Mystery and Suspense Collection 015


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In this, the 15th Mystery and Suspense Collection, we hear more from favorites Sherlock Holmes and Boston Blackie. They are joined by storie…

The Cat's Eye


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The brother of a lawyer is murdered apparently in an attempted robbery and by a sheer accident Ms Blake happens to be there, her life is in …