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Resumen de Los casos de John Thorndyke
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You will enjoy this if you like clever puzzles, clues you can follow yourself, and a calm detective who trusts evidence over hunches. It suits fans of Sherlock Holmes and of scientific crime stories.
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How much can a lonely stretch of sand tell you about a killing? In John Thorndyke's Cases, R. Austin Freeman gives eight mysteries solved by a medical lawyer with a lens, a tape measure and plaster of Paris. Dr. Jervis, his friend and assistant, tells each tale. You get footprints, hats, hairs, dust and ink, and you watch the evidence speak. The first case begins on a deserted East Coast shore, with footprints in the sand.
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- 1Footprints on a lonely beach tell a taleFree
- 2Small clues can describe a stranger completely
- 3A battered hat carries traces of its wearer
- 4A sequin and a sketch can save a life
- 5A strange script hides a message
- 6A ghostly story may hide an earthly trick
- 7A locked room can have a surprising answer
- 8Tiny shells carry a message from the sea
- 9The method behind every case
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Footprints on a lonely beach tell a tale
The first story, The Man with the Nailed Shoes, opens in the remote village of Little Sundersley. Dr. Jervis is minding a small practice when his friend John Thorndyke arrives for a visit. On the beach, Thorndyke reads the sand like a printed page and tells Jervis how many people passed, how long ago, and what one of them carried.
Then a body is found in St. Bridget's Bay, stabbed above the heart. The sand is trampled as if after a fight, and a set of nailed shoes leads up the cliff path. Sergeant Payne follows the plain evidence and arrests a local gentleman named Draper, whose strange shoes seem to match.
Thorndyke buys supplies and borrows a kitchen spoon before visiting the prisoner. Draper then tells him a painful secret about his past and about four old friends who are hounding him. Thorndyke agrees to take the defense. The lesson is that the obvious reading is only a starting point.
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Questions about Los casos de John Thorndyke
What is John Thorndyke's Cases about?
It is a collection of eight detective stories in which Dr. John Thorndyke, a medical expert and lawyer, solves murders and thefts by studying footprints, hairs, dust, ink and other small clues.
Who is Dr. Jervis?
Dr. Jervis is Thorndyke's friend and assistant. He tells the stories, shares in the investigations, and often follows Thorndyke's reasoning a step behind, which gives readers a chance to guess alongside him.
Is the science in the stories real?
Freeman says in his preface that the stories use authentic facts and practical methods, and that he performed the experiments himself. The methods are based on real medical and scientific work of his time.
Is John Thorndyke's Cases easy to follow?
Each opens with a vivid scene, and Thorndyke explains his clues step by step, so you can read them one at a time in any order.
Who is Polton?
Polton is Thorndyke's laboratory assistant and a skilled craftsman. He builds dust extractors, plaster casts and exact copies of weapons, and he helps with disguises and experiments in several of the cases.