The Singing Bone or The Adventures of Dr. Thorndyke
R. Austin Freeman
Read by Edmund Bloxam
In its original form, this book was published with the title, "The Singing Bone." It was later republished as "The Adventures of Dr. Thorndyke." This book has historical significance as it contains the first example of the inverted detective formula used in The Case of Oskar Brodski (originally published in Pearson's Magazine in 1912), along with several other examples. (5 hr 59 min)
Chapters
Preface | 2:54 | Read by Edmund Bloxam |
The Case of Oscar Brodski: Part One | 34:51 | Read by Edmund Bloxam |
The Case of Oscar Brodski: Part Two | 52:59 | Read by Edmund Bloxam |
A Case of Premeditation: Part One | 43:59 | Read by Edmund Bloxam |
A Case of Premeditation: Part Two | 33:36 | Read by Edmund Bloxam |
The Echo of a Mutiny: Part One | 28:31 | Read by Edmund Bloxam |
The Echo of a Mutiny: Part Two | 36:17 | Read by Edmund Bloxam |
A Wastrel's Romance: Part One | 33:09 | Read by Edmund Bloxam |
A Wastrel's Romance: Part Two | 37:02 | Read by Edmund Bloxam |
The Old Lag: Part One | 28:38 | Read by Edmund Bloxam |
The Old Lag: Part Two | 27:14 | Read by Edmund Bloxam |
Reviews
Top Notch Mysteries
A LibriVox Listener
Very entertaining stories and well read. Many are "inverted mysteries"; the story begins with the commission of the crime. Thorndike and Jervis enter the narrative later. Thorndike is a forensic scientist when that practition was rare. Much of the fun is watching him extract evidence from unrelated clues.
Great performance!
Sandyjeans
Great performance by reader! He brings the short stories alive with different voices, accents and cadence. I want to hear more from him!
Early forensics, good mysteries.
Kerrigan McCarthy
An interesting mix of stories. Dr. Thorndyke is one of the earliest scientific detectives. Well written and very well read.
Great detective stories!
A LibriVox Listener
The way that the stories are presented, with the story of the crime being told first, is very unique and interesting!
Melinda Russ
Love the reader's voices but he does sometimes read in a choppy way with pauses in the middle of a sentence.
WN
Terrific stories (a bit graphic at times so not for the young reader) that are very well-read.
Excellent Stories
Himmer
Well written and well read.