The Great Portrait Mystery

And Other Stories

Fiction & Literature, Classics, Mystery & Suspense
Cover of the book The Great Portrait Mystery by R. Austin Freeman, Start Classics
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Author: R. Austin Freeman ISBN: 9781633552180
Publisher: Start Classics Publication: May 30, 2014
Imprint: Start Classics Language: English
Author: R. Austin Freeman
ISBN: 9781633552180
Publisher: Start Classics
Publication: May 30, 2014
Imprint: Start Classics
Language: English

This early work by Richard Austin Freeman was originally published in 1918 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'The Great Portrait Mystery' is one of Freeman's short stories of crime and mystery. The first story featuring his well-known protagonist Dr. Thorndyke – a medico-legal forensic investigator – was published in 1907, and although Freeman's early works were seen as simple homages to his contemporary, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, he quickly developed his own style: The 'inverted detective story', in which the identity of the criminal is shown from the beginning, and the story then describes the detective's attempt to solve the mystery.

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This early work by Richard Austin Freeman was originally published in 1918 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'The Great Portrait Mystery' is one of Freeman's short stories of crime and mystery. The first story featuring his well-known protagonist Dr. Thorndyke – a medico-legal forensic investigator – was published in 1907, and although Freeman's early works were seen as simple homages to his contemporary, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, he quickly developed his own style: The 'inverted detective story', in which the identity of the criminal is shown from the beginning, and the story then describes the detective's attempt to solve the mystery.

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