When Harold Monkhouse died in his sleep no one was greatly surprised.
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He continued writing up until his death, writing parts of Mr.
He served as a Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corp during World War I.
Thorndyke novel The Red Thumb Mark was published.
In 1907 the first Dr.
John James Pitcairn, the medical officer at Holloway Prison, using the pen name Clifford Ashdown.
His first stories were written in collaboration with Dr.
Unable to find a permanent medical position, he decided to try his hand at writing fiction.
During his time in Africa he contracted blackwater fever which forced him to return to London.
He was assigned to a post in Accra on the Gold Coast of Africa.
He studied medicine at Middlesex Hospital and then entered the Colonial Service.
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As a Thief in the Night! About author(s): Richard Austin Freeman (1862-1943) was born in London.
But could even Thorndyke, with his vast knowledge and experience, discover the murderer with the evidence dispersed and the trail gone cold.
John Thorndyke, the noted forensic expert was called in.
That was when Dr.
The police had a number of suspects and plenty of clues, all of which led-nowhere.
But when massive amounts of arsenic were discovered at the autopsy, it was clearly a case of murder.
He had suffered chronic illness for some time.
When Harold Monkhouse died in his sleep no one was greatly surprised
