The mystery of Angelina Frood
By R. Austin Freeman
Cover: Reflections on the Thames, Westminster (1880), oil on canvas by John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1893)
R. Austin Freeman's 1925 Dr Thorndyke novel opens with a doper's wife and a mysterious Mr Johnson. The medico-legal detective unravels the case by patient attention to small physical clues. A classic of the scientific detective story.
Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.
Table of contents
- 1: The Doper’s Wife
- 2: Re-Enter “Mr. Johnson”
- 3: Angelina Frood
- 4: Deals with Charity and Archæology
- 5: John Thorndyke
- 6: The Shadows Deepen
- 7: Mrs. Gillow Sounds the Alarm
- 8: Sergeant Cobbledick Takes a Hand
- 9: Jetsam
- 10: Which Deals with Ancient Monuments and a Blue Boar
- 11: The Man with the Mole
- 12: The Prints of a Vanished Hand
- 13: The Discovery in Black Boy-Lane
- 14: Sergeant Cobbledick Is Enlightened
- 15: The End of the Trail
- 16: The Inquiry and a Surprise
- 17: Thorndyke Puts Down His Piece
- 18: The Uncontrite Penitent
- 19: Explanations