New York: P.F. Collier & Son Company, 1911. Reprint (presumed). Red octavo; 344 pages; 19cm A crisp, about very good(+) copy with lower corners gently bumped and small nick to spine; clean and firmly bound. Hardcover.
R. Austin Freeman was a medical doctor and former colonial surgeon and mystery author who is credited with the creation of the "inverted detective story", often featuring the protagonist of this story, medico-legal forensic investigator Dr. John Thorndyke.
