Synopsis
R. Austin Freeman (1862–1943) was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr. Thorndyke. He invented the inverted detective story (in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective’s attempt to solve the mystery). Freeman used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels. Many of the Dr. Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but sometimes arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy, and toxicology.
The Shadow of the Wolf is one of the inverted crimes stories featuring Thorndyke, and it’s one of the best in the series, with the reader—already knowing who the guilty party is—able to watch Thorndyke’s brilliant unraveling of the clues.
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