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R Austin Freeman
(Richard Austin Freeman)
(1862 - 1943)aka Clifford Ashdown
Richard Austin Freeman enjoyed a prolific career that saw him gain qualification as pharmacist and surgeon, pull off a diplomatic coup along the Gold Coast, work for Holloway Prison and become a formidable man of fiction. 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. Through the creation of this character, Richard Austin Freeman continues to be read as an extremely popular addition to the world of the mystery novel.
Genres: Mystery
Series
Dr Thorndyke
The Red Thumb Mark (1907)
John Thorndyke's Cases (1909)
aka Dr Thorndyke's Cases
The Eye of Osiris (1911)
aka The Vanishing Man
The Mystery of 31 New Inn (1912)
The Singing Bone (1912)
aka The Adventures of Dr Thorndyke
A Silent Witness (1914)
The Great Portrait Mystery (1918)
Helen Vardon's Confession (1922)
Dr Thorndyke's Case Book (1923)
aka The Blue Scarab
The Cat's Eye (1923)
The Mystery of Angelina Frood (1924)
The Shadow of the Wolf (1925)
The D'Arblay Mystery (1926)
A Certain Dr Thorndyke (1927)
The Magic Casket (1927)
The Puzzle Lock (1927)
As a Thief in the Night (1928)
The Famous Cases of Dr Thorndyke (1929)
aka The Dr Thorndyke Omnibus
Dr Thorndyke Investigates (1930)
Mr Pottermack's Oversight (1930)
Pontifex, Son and Thorndyke (1931)
Dr Thorndyke Intervenes (1933)
For the Defence (1934)
The Penrose Mystery (1936)
Felo De Se? (1937)
aka Death At the Inn
The Stoneware Monkey (1938)
Mr Polton Explains (1940)
The Jacob Street Mystery (1942)
aka The Unconscious Witness
The Best Dr. Thorndyke Detective Stories (1973)
The Red Thumb Mark (1907)
John Thorndyke's Cases (1909)
aka Dr Thorndyke's Cases
The Eye of Osiris (1911)
aka The Vanishing Man
The Mystery of 31 New Inn (1912)
The Singing Bone (1912)
aka The Adventures of Dr Thorndyke
A Silent Witness (1914)
The Great Portrait Mystery (1918)
Helen Vardon's Confession (1922)
Dr Thorndyke's Case Book (1923)
aka The Blue Scarab
The Cat's Eye (1923)
The Mystery of Angelina Frood (1924)
The Shadow of the Wolf (1925)
The D'Arblay Mystery (1926)
A Certain Dr Thorndyke (1927)
The Magic Casket (1927)
The Puzzle Lock (1927)
As a Thief in the Night (1928)
The Famous Cases of Dr Thorndyke (1929)
aka The Dr Thorndyke Omnibus
Dr Thorndyke Investigates (1930)
Mr Pottermack's Oversight (1930)
Pontifex, Son and Thorndyke (1931)
Dr Thorndyke Intervenes (1933)
For the Defence (1934)
The Penrose Mystery (1936)
Felo De Se? (1937)
aka Death At the Inn
The Stoneware Monkey (1938)
Mr Polton Explains (1940)
The Jacob Street Mystery (1942)
aka The Unconscious Witness
The Best Dr. Thorndyke Detective Stories (1973)
Novels
The Golden Pool (1905)
The Unwilling Adventurer (1913)
A Savant's Vendetta (1914)
aka The Uttermost Farthing
Flighty Phyllis (1928)
When Rogues Fall Out (1932)
aka Dr. Thorndyke's Discovery
The Queen's Treasure (1986) (as by Clifford Ashdown)
The Unwilling Adventurer (1913)
A Savant's Vendetta (1914)
aka The Uttermost Farthing
Flighty Phyllis (1928)
When Rogues Fall Out (1932)
aka Dr. Thorndyke's Discovery
The Queen's Treasure (1986) (as by Clifford Ashdown)
Collections
The Adventures of Romney Pringle (1902) (as by Clifford Ashdown)
The Further Adventures of Romney Pringle (1905) (as by Clifford Ashdown)
The Exploits of Danby Croker (1916)
The Surprising Experiences of Mr. Shuttlebury Cobb (1927)
From a Surgeon's Diary (1975) (as by Clifford Ashdown)
The Dead Hand and Other Uncollected Stories (1999)
The Further Adventures of Romney Pringle (1905) (as by Clifford Ashdown)
The Exploits of Danby Croker (1916)
The Surprising Experiences of Mr. Shuttlebury Cobb (1927)
From a Surgeon's Diary (1975) (as by Clifford Ashdown)
The Dead Hand and Other Uncollected Stories (1999)
Novellas and Short Stories
The Seal of Nebuchadnezzar
The Case of Oscar Brodski (1911)
The Echo of a Mutiny (1912)
The Case of the White Footprints (1920)
The New Jersey Sphinx (1923)
The Case of Oscar Brodski (1911)
The Echo of a Mutiny (1912)
The Case of the White Footprints (1920)
The New Jersey Sphinx (1923)
Anthologies containing stories by R Austin Freeman
More anthologies
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