The Egyptologist John Bellingham vanished two years ago after visiting his brother and his solicitor, and now human bones are turning up in watercress beds and ponds around London. His eccentric will leaves his family in difficulty, and the young doctor Paul Berkeley, in love with Bellingham’s niece, turns to Dr. John Thorndyke, whose forensic science will settle the case.
Published in Britain as The Eye of Osiris, it is among the best scientific detective novels. Download the free EPUB.