The Eye of Osiris

By R. Austin Freeman

Subjects: Mummies, Large type books, London (england), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Physicians, fiction, Missing persons, Fiction, romance, suspense, Thorndyke, doctor (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, Thriller, Fiction, romance, general, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Classic Literature, Private investigators, Fiction, horror

Description: Dr. John Thorndyke is a professor of medicine, but he is also a pathological sleuth with a taste for mysteries that would stop other detectives cold. The disappearance of a successful archaeologist. poses a disturbing riddle to Thorndyke: "When is a murder not a murder?' The answer hinges on the question of whether or not it is possible to fabricate a corpse out of whole cloth. And why would anyone want to, except to disguise a murder?