Dr. John Thorndyke, a barrister and physician, works through crimes with microscope, chemistry and careful reasoning, his friend Christopher Jervis narrating. The eight cases include the man with the nailed shoes, the blue sequin, the Moabite cipher, the aluminium dagger and a message from the deep sea.
Freeman insisted on methods that worked in real life, and his puzzles still satisfy lovers of fair-play detection. Download the free EPUB.