John Thorndyke's Cases

""It would be difficult to find anywhere more nearly perfect stories of scientific deduction than the Dr. Thorndyke tales of R. Austin Freeman." -The New York TimesDr. John Thorndyke, a forensic detective, visits a lonely hamlet perched on a cliff above the English coast and takes a walk on the long, deserted beach. He discovers two sets of footprints in the sand, made several hours apart. They lead to the scene of a crime. A man was stabbed in the heart and his body was thrown from the cliffs above. Local cops are looking for leads, but Thorndyke believes the killer's identity can be deduced from footprints in the sand. He only has a few hours to catch his man before the tide comes in. John Thorndyke's Cases is an indispensable entry in one of the mystery genre's most popular and influential series, packed with clever tales of crime and science."