Eye of Osiris

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?

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

Places: England,  London