The Mystery of 31 New Inn

At the start, I was really enjoying this mystery. Then Thorndike came on the scene and began to treat Dr. Jarvis as if he was a child. This treatment went on and on and began to annoy me. Obviously "stupid" Jarvis was used as a comparison to show how brilliant Thorndike was. Net result? I ended up disliking Detective Thorndike thoroughly. What an ego!

While I enjoyed this 4th book in the Dr. Thorndyke series, it seemed unlikely to me that Jervis (who first enters Dr. Thorndyke's employment during the course of the book) couldn't make some connections that struck me as obvious such as his patient Graves had a specific type of injury to his right eye and Jeffery Blackmore had an injury to one of his eyes!.

While I enjoyed this 4th book in the Dr. Thorndyke series, it seemed unlikely to me that Jervis (who first enters Dr. Thorndyke's employment during the course of the book) couldn't make some connections that struck me as obvious such as his patient Graves had a specific type of injury to his right eye and Jeffery Blackmore had an injury to one of his eyes!.

The mystery in the book was a little too easy to solve with the criminal and the motive being obvious, but the setting and the good, solid characters almost make up for it. As always with Freeman's works, its the little details that make it a worthwhile read..

This was a fun read, free on my Kindle. The doctor Jervis, however was made out to be so stupid that he couldn't put any obvious clues together ever. I found that kind of offensive after awhile and found myself thinking just reveal the solution already.

Dr Thorndyke with the help of Dr Jervis investigate two cases. The first the case of the will of Jeffrey Blackmore and his consequent death; and secondly the case of a Mr Graves and his association with a Mr H Weiss.
Interesting mystery

Repetitious and overly long inquest into a morphine drugging and a will.