The Great Portrait Mystery and Other Stories E-Book

R. Austin Freeman

• Herausgeber: Ktoczyta.pl
• Kategorie: Krimi
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

A daring daylight art theft from a crowded museum, a secret document centuries old, and a hidden treasure, these are the elements of the title story in this collection of tales by R. Austin Freeman. Though best known for his famous forensic sleuth, Dr. John Thorndyke, Freeman also on occasion wrote stories featuring other characters. In addition to „The Great Portrait Mystery”, this collection features four more of these tales which show a more whimsical and humorous side of the author, dealing in turn with a bewitched curate, thieves whose clever plans go adrift, a haunted lawyer, and a poor bricklayer on whom fortune smiles in a strange fashion. This collection of seven short stories includes two featuring Dr. John Evelyn Thorndyke, a fictional detective in a long series of novels and short stories by British author R. Austin Freeman (1862-1943).

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Contents

I. THE GREAT PORTRAIT MYSTERY

II. THE BRONZE PARROT

III. THE MISSING MORTGAGEE

IV. POWDER BLUE AND HAWTHORN

V. PERCIVAL BLAND’S PROXY

VI. THE ATTORNEY’S CONSCIENCE

VII. THE LUCK OF BARNABAS MUDGE