The Eye of Osiris: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Eye of Osiris, credited to R. Austin Freeman, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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Librivox recording of The Eye of Osiris by R. Austin Freeman. Read by J. M. Smallheer. The Eye of Osiris is an early example from the Dr. Thorndyke series of detective stories written by R. Austin Freeman. In these stories, the author drew on his extensive medical and scientific knowledge for his main character, a medico-legal expert who relies on forensic evidence and logical deduction in solving cases. In this case, Thorndyke steps in to investigate the disappearance of one John Bellingham, an English gentleman and amateur Egyptologist, who has vanished under very mysterious circumstances. Thorndyke's involvement in the case arises from a both purely professional interest in the unique character of the case, as well as from the fact that a young doctor and former student of his has recently become closely acquainted with the missing man's brother and niece. (summary by J.M. Smallheer) For more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit librivox.org.

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Eye of Osiris
• Author credits: R. Austin Freeman
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 20
• Listed recording duration: 8:51:20

Catalogue topics

• mystery
• Dr. Thorndyke
• detective stories
• Egyptology
• forensics

Track guide

1. 01 - The Vanishing Man — 11:22
2. 02 - The Eavesdropper — 21:56
3. 03 - John Thorndyke — 20:17
4. 04 - Legal Complications and a Jackal — 21:07
5. 05 - The Water-Cress Bed — 21:22
6. 06 - Sidelights — 26:03
7. 07 - John Bellingham's Will — 30:32
8. 08 - A Museum Idyll — 20:35
9. 09 - The Sphinx of Lincoln's Inn — 27:28
10. 10 - The New Alliance — 25:16
11. 11 - The Evidence Reviewed — 20:06
12. 12 - A Voyage of Discovery — 28:42
13. 13 - The Coroner's Quest — 20:02
14. 14 - Which Takes the Reader into the Probate Court — 46:24
15. 15 - Circumstantial Evidence — 23:31
16. 16 - Oh Artemidorus, Farewell! — 23:35
17. 17 - The Accusing Finger — 27:54
18. 18 - John Bellingham — 41:07
19. 19 - A Strange Symposium — 44:57
20. 20 - The End of the Case — 29:14

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