The Magic Casket

Name: The Magic Casket
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: R. Austin Freeman
ISBN: 9781467682206

Author: R. Austin Freeman

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Unabridged: 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Red Door Consulting

Published: 07/30/2014

Categories: Fiction, Classic, Crime, Short Stories

Synopsis

Richard Austin Freeman (1862-1943) was a British writer of detective stories, often starring the forensic investigator Dr. Thorndyke. He is often credited with having invented the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery.) Many of the Dr. Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite obscure, points of scientific knowledge, from disciplines such as tropical medicine, metallurgy, and toxicology. The Magic Casket describes a classic case for Dr. Thorndyke. It tells the story of an ordinary and apparently quite worthless metal casket, which conceals a mysterious secret which nearly costs a young woman her life.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Thor

Pandora's Box. 7/10 The Naturalist at Law. 8/10 The Trail of Behemoth. 7/10 The Magic Casket. 7/10 The Contents of a Mare's Nest. 8/10 The Stalking Horse. 7/10 Mr. Ponting's Alibi. 8/10 The Pathologist to the Rescue. 7/10 Gleanings from the Wreckage. 8/10 Overall 7,5/10......more

Goodreads review by Susan

1. The Magic Casket In a church doorway on the Kings Road, Chelsea, Dr Thorndyke discovers a handbag containing a stoneware jar with the stamp of the Victoria and AlbertMuseum, with the name of Miss Mabel Bonnet. Soon Thorndyke learns the events that have lead to this occurrence. Can he solve the mys......more

Goodreads review by Ashok

This book is the first of the Dr. Thorndyke's series of books which i have read from Austin Freeman. Since i have read all the novels on Sherlock Holmes, this book kept reminding me a lot about the writings from Arthur Conan Doyle. However, the style of writing by Austin Freeman is different from th......more

Goodreads review by alexander

3.5 stars A short story collection told entirely from Jervis's perspective. He hasn't really caught on to Thorndyke's methods despite working with him for so many years. But he has caught on to some things and the story that had a guy teasing him about collecting dust and some items off the floor lik......more