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Violence
Barely any
Mild; a murder investigation with forensic detail
Language
None
No strong language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
None
No psychological concerns; classic detective fiction
What this book is about
The final Dr. Thorndyke novel, published in 1942, finds Freeman's scientific detective investigating a tangled case involving a Jacob Street address and a murder that confounds conventional investigation. R. Austin Freeman's medico-legal detective, who pioneered the 'inverted detective story' format, applies forensic science to crime in the tradition that would later become forensic procedural fiction.
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