Volume VIII contains the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth fulllength Thorndyke adventures, published in 1934, 1936, and 1937, respectively. For the Defense: Dr. Thorndyke Andrew Barton dreaded meeting up with his identical cousin that he usually tried to avoid. Then Death joined them, and Andrew found himself in an unbelievable spiral of events that would rip him away from the life he loved forever. His only hope is if Dr. Thorndyke believes his impossible story! The Penrose Mystery The eccentric collector had vanished, leaving a locked room possibly full of valuables, and legal questions regarding what to do next. Thorndyke's involvement leads to even more puzzles, and the tragic excavation at an Ancient British Barrow. Felo de se? The man found dead in his chambers appeared to have committed suicide felo de se but did he? The facts don't add up, and Thorndyke's scientific investigation reveals a most unique crime.When Sherlock Holmes began his practice as a "Consulting Detective", his ideas of scientific criminal investigations caused the London police to look upon him as a mere "theorist". And yet, through his work, the science behind catching criminals became so important that it's hard to now imagine the world without them.Many famous Great Detectives followed in Holmes's footsteps Nero Wolfe and Ellery Queen, Hercule Poirot and Solar Pons but before they began their careers, and while Holmes was still in practice in Baker Street, another Lond

Binding: Hardback;640 pages; Publisher: MX Publishing; Classification: FFC; Weight: 1244 g; Dimensions: 238 x 159 x 48

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