The Singing Bone, by R. Austin Freeman
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The Singing Bone, by R. Austin Freeman- Published on: 2015-09-20
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 11.00" h x .44" w x 8.50" l, 1.03 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 194 pages
About the Author Deemed 'the father of the scientific detective story', Richard Austin Freeman enjoyed a prolific career that saw him gain qualifications as pharmacist and surgeon, pull off a diplomatic coup along the Gold Coast, work for Holloway Prison and then become a formidable writer of fiction. He was born in London, the son of a tailor who went on to train as a pharmacist. After graduating as a surgeon at the Middlesex Hospital Medical College, Freeman taught for a while and then joined the colonial service, offering his skills as an assistant surgeon along the Gold Coast of Africa. He became embroiled in a diplomatic mission when a British expeditionary party was sent to investigate the activities of the French. Through his tact and formidable intelligence, a massacre was narrowly avoided. His future was therefore assured in the colonial service. However, after becoming ill with black-water fever, Freeman was sent back to England to recover and finding his finances precarious, embarked on a career as acting physician in Holloway Prison. In desperation, he also turned to writing where he went on to dominate the world of British detective fiction, taking pride in testing different criminal techniques. So keen was he, part of one of his best novels was written in a bomb shelter. For the first twenty-five years of his writing career, Freeman was to dominate and remain unrivalled in the world of detective fiction, introducing the well-loved and highly memorable 'Dr Thorndyke'. The continued success of this character has affirmed Richard Austin Freeman's place amongst the finest of crime writers.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful. The Signing Bone - A Century Old Classic that Inspired Columbo By Michael P. Naughton Published in 1912 - The Signing Bone celebrates 100 years and is still like the penultimate Sherlock Holmes and, unfortunately overshadowed and often overlooked. R. Austin Freeman was responsible for engineering the original "inverted detective story" or the "howdhecatchem."In these 5 stories or cases, each are divided into two parts:1) the commission of the crime and2) the solution of the crimeWe become so embroiled in the crime that, like the perp, overlook the evidence.Like Holmes, the locale is London, but unlike Holmes, Dr. Thorndyke is a Medico-Legal Sleuth of sorts. Freeman insists that "Dr. Thorndyke is an investigator of crime, but he-is-not-a-detective."Freeman's inverted detective formula was the impetus and inspiration for Columbo Columbo - The Complete First Season with Peter Falk in the 70s.The title is derived from the German folk-story of the Signing Bone where a peasant found a bone of a murdered man and fashioned it into a pipe but when he tried to play on it, it burst into a song of it's own.Dr. Thorndyke concludes that it's "the inanimate things around us have each of them a song to sing to us if we are but ready with attentive ears."I know I am. Here's to another 100 years R. Austin Freeman, may the Bone continue to sing.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Mystery solved! By Susan Grassi I truly enjoyed this book of 5 short stories about the incredible Dr. Thorndyke published in 1912. The reader knows the how, when, why and who within the first few pages of the story. It is then up to the good doctor to find the clues and explain them. I must admit to actually becoming tearful at the end of the fourth story. I look forward to reading more books about Dr. Thorndyke by R. Austin Freeman.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Quite different than most mysteries. By Carol This was a series of great stories of different kinds of mysteries..You will know who committed the crimes, but not how it's detected, and how the villain is brought to justice, until you read the second part of the story, that is, the first part is the crime, then the second part is when the detectives enter the scene, so there are 2 parts to the story.Exciting, Not too long, not too short, well written and lots of surprising discoveries. .Thank you for this fun, free to me read. It's worth the price if you are charged for it.
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