The Mystery of 31 New Inn
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About This Book
This Halcyon Classics ebook THE MYSTERY OF 31 NEW INN features British sleuth Dr. John Thorndyke. Dr. Thorndyke was a prototypical forensic scientist who used minute bits of evidence to solve his cases. His solutions were based on his method of collecting all possible data (including dust and pond weed) and making inferences from them before looking at any of the protagonists and motives in the crimes. A large proportion of the Dr Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology. A large p...
Chapters (39)
- THE MYSTERY OF 31 NEW INN
- Author of "The Red Thumb Mark," "The Eye of Osiris," etc.
- TO MY FRIEND BERNARD E. BISHOP
- Preface
- CHAPTER I—THE MYSTERIOUS PATIENT CHAPTER II—THORNDYKE DEVISES A SCHEME CHAPTER III—"A CHIEL'S AMANG YE TAKIN' NOTES" CHAPTER IV—THE OFFICIAL VIEW CHAPTER V—JEFFREY BLACKMORE'S WILL CHAPTER VI—JEFFREY BLACKMORE, DECEASED CHAPTER VII—THE CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTION CHAPTER VIII—THE TRACK CHART CHAPTER IX—THE HOUSE OF MYSTERY CHAPTER X—THE HUNTER HUNTED CHAPTER XI—THE BLACKMORE CASE REVIEWED CHAPTER XII—THE PORTRAIT CHAPTER XIII—THE STATEMENT OF SAMUEL WILKINS CHAPTER XIV—THORNDYKE LAYS THE MINE CHAPTER XV—THORNDYKE EXPLODES THE MINE CHAPTER XVI—AN EXPOSITION AND A TRAGEDY
- Illustrations
- 1. New inn 2. The inverted inscription 3. The Track Chart, Showing the Route Followed by Weiss's Carriage
- Chapter I
- The Mysterious Patient
- Chapter II
- Thorndyke Devises a Scheme
- Chapter III
- "A Chiel's Amang Ye Takin' Notes"
- Chapter IV
- The Official View
- Chapter V
- Jeffrey Blackmore's Will
- Chapter VI
- Jeffrey Blackmore, Deceased
- Chapter VII
- The Cuneiform Inscription
- Chapter VIII
- The Track Chart
- Chapter IX
- The House of Mystery
- Chapter X
- The Hunter Hunted
- Chapter XI
- The Blackmore Case Reviewed
- Chapter XII
- The Portrait
- Chapter XIII
- The Statement of Samuel Wilkins
- Chapter XIV
- Thorndyke Lays the Mine
- Chapter XV
- Thorndyke Explodes the Mine
- Chapter XVI
- An Exposition and a Tragedy
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