Trivia / Dr. Thorndyke

• Referenced by...:
  • One story in Agatha Christie's "Partners in Crime" is a homage to the Thorndyke stories.
  • Dorothy L. Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey novels mention "Austin Freeman's" books a few times.
  • Freeman Wills Crofts' protagonist Inspector French wishes he had Thorndyke's forensic skills in "The Box Office Murders" when trying to work out what was in a now-empty secret compartment.
• Science Marches On: A few cases, such as Polton and Thorndyke using an X-ray source in the open to take X-ray photographs (though Thorndyke notes that too much exposure is 'unwholesome').

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