The Exploits of Danby Croker.

by Freeman. R Austin.

What would you do if your doppelgänger were committing crimes and making the police believe you were the perpetrator? In Danby Croker's case, he decides to retaliate! But that is only one of the problems besetting him in this set of interlinked stories. Given a job as an antique dealer, can he resist the temptations of earning some easy money through a bit of fencing and counterfeiting? And what on earth is he doing going round London dressed as a suffragette?!Originally written in 1911 by the great author of detective stories R. Austin Freeman, this is a comic novel that may surprise those who know Freeman's work only through the "Dr. Thorndyke" stories!"Judicious readers of criminal fiction have long since set a mark in their memory against the name of Dr Austin Freeman as the owner of a very agreeable and distinctive vein of invention." (The Times, on the first publication of The Exploits of Danby Croker in book form in 1916)

Hardcover

First published November 4, 2014

Reviews

[Translator Monkey · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a true joy to read, from start to finish. I'd never heard of Freeman before, much less read his works, and this was a treat with which to lift that veil of ignorance. The lighthearted turn of phrase used to describe Croker's brushes with the law put him easily on par with Wodehouse. Recommended. You can find it for free through Gutenberg.

[Simon Mcleish · Rating 4 out of 5]

Strange and whimsical book about a man with a criminal doppelganger (except for blond/black hair), who dyes his hair on a whim and is taken by the police as the other, prompting him to a life of crime. Certainly the best R. Austin Freeman novel I have read.

[Demeter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Having enjoyed RAF’s Dr Thorndyke series I was not disappointed with these tales. Much more humourous and light in spirit than Dr T stories and are often laugh out loud funny.