The Adventures of Dr Thorndyke by R. Austin FreemanMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This author pioneered the "reverse mystery" which most famously appeared in the TV series Columbo, where we, the audience, see the crime committed and know who did it, and the interest is in watching the detective work it out. Thorndyke is no Columbo; he's a snob, for a start, and as sophisticated and elite as Columbo is an everyman. He also relies on meticulous forensic science to track down the perpetrators, no matter how careful they have been.
These stories are varied; most, but not all of them are "reverse mysteries". They're entertaining mainly from a problem-solving point of view.
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