Quote of the day
The changes in our life must come from the impossibility to live otherwise than according to the demands of our conscience not from our mental resolution to try a new form of life.
R. Austin Freeman

Born: April 11, 1862
Died: September 28, 1943 (aged 81)
Bio: Richard Austin Freeman was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr. Thorndyke. He claimed to have invented the inverted detective story. Freeman used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels.
Known for:
- The Red Thumb Mark (1907)
- John Thorndyke's Cases (1909)
- Helen Vardon's Confession (1922)
- The Magic Casket (1927)
- The Mystery of Angelina Frood (1925)