The Vanishing Man
- ISBN-10
- 1473379733
- ISBN-13
- 9781473379732
- Series
- The Vanishing Man
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 444
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-01-18
- Publisher
- Read Books Ltd
- Author
- R. Austin Freeman
Description
This early work by Richard Austin Freeman was originally published in 1911 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'The Vanishing Man' is one of Freeman's novels of crime and mystery. The first story featuring his well-known protagonist Dr. Thorndyke - a medico-legal forensic investigator - was published in 1907, and although Freeman's early works were seen as simple homages to his contemporary, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, he quickly developed his own style: The 'inverted detective story', in which the identity of the criminal is shown from the beginning, and the story then describes the detective's attempt to solve the mystery.
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Other editions
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- 2019-02-19
- 304 pages
- Paperback
- Minotaur Books
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