R. AUSTIN FREEMAN/CLIFFORD ASHDOWN:

This is Freeman's output, with year of publication, alternate titles (if any), Swedish titles, and the detective of the story. One short story only appeared in an American collection (no. 33). At the very end of the list (nos. 34-37) are the novels that were published under the pseudonym Clifford Ashdown.

JT = Dr. John Thorndyke
RP = Romney Pringle


  1. THE RED THUMB MARK 1907
    Det röda tummärket
    (JT)

  2. JOHN THORNDYKE'S CASES 1909 (Dr. Thorndyke's cases)
    (JT)

    1. The man with the nailed shoes
    2. The stranger's latchkey
       Nyckeln
    3. The anthropologist at large
      En antropologisk studie
    4. The blue sequin
      Den blå paljetten
    5. The moabite cipher
      Den moabitiska shifferskriften
    6. The Mandarin's pearl
      Mandarinens pärla
    7. The aluminium dagger
      Aluminiumdolken
    8. A message from the deep sea
      Ett budskap från havsdjupet

  3. THE EYE OF OSIRIS 1911 (The vanishing man)
    (JT)

  4. THE SINGING BONE 1912 (The adventures of Dr. Thorndyke)
    (JT)

    1. The mechanism of crime/The mechanism of detection (The case of Oscar Brodski)
      Fallet Oscar Brodski
    2. The elimination of Mr. Pratt/Rival sleuth-hounds (A case of premeditation)
      Myskspåret
    3. Death on the Girdler/"The Singing Bone" (The echo of a mutiny/Death on the Girdler)
      Ett myteri som gick igen/Det sjungande benet
    4. The spinster's guest/Munera Pulveris (A wastrel's romance)
      Mr Baileys överrock
    5. The changed immutable/The ship of the desert (The old lag)
      Mr Belfields näsduk

  5. THE MYSTERY OF 31, NEW INN 1912
    Tom Tanks testamente
    (JT)

  6. THE UTTERMOST FARTHING 1914 (A savant's vendetta)

  7. A SILENT WITNESS 1914
    Ett stumt vittne
    (JT)

  8. THE EXPLOITS OF DANBY CROKER 1916

    1. Aunt Jemima
    2. The brazen serpent
    3. The changling
    4. The constable's helpmate
    5. The emperor's keepsake
    6. The good samaritan
    7. The heavenly twins
    8. Peter Mockett's legacy
    9. The "Prison Joseph"
    10. The prison-breaker
    11. Susannah's dowry
    12. A votive candle
    13. Woman and superwoman

  9. THE GREAT PORTRAIT MYSTERY 1918

    1. The great portrait mystery
    2. The bronze parrot
    3. The missing mortgagee
       (JT)
    4. Powder blue and hawthorn
    5. Percival Bland's proxy
       (JT)
    6. The attorney's conscience
    7. The luck of Barnabas Mudge

  10. HELEN VARDON'S CONFESSION 1922
    (JT)

  11. DR. THORNDYKE'S CASE BOOK 1923 (The blue scarab)
    (JT)

    1. The case of the white footprints
      Spår till galgen
    2. The blue scarab
    3. The New Jersey sphinx
    4. The touchstone
    5. A fisher of men
    6. The stolen ingots
    7. The funeral pyre

  12. THE CAT'S EYE 1923
    (JT)

  13. THE MYSTERY OF ANGELINA FROOD 1924
    (JT)

  14. THE PUZZLE LOCK 1925
    (JT)

    1. The puzzle lock
      Bokstavslåset
    2. The green check jacket
       Kritgruvans hemlighet
    3. The seal of Nebuchadnezzar
      Nebukadnezars sigill
    4. Phyllis Annesley's peril (Double vision)
      Rättegången mot Phyllis Annesley
    5. A sower of pestilence
      Mannen som sådde pest
    6. Rex v. Burnaby
      Fallet Burnaby
    7. A mystery of the sand-hills
      Sanddynernas gåta
    8. The apparition of Burling Court
      Spöksynen på Burling Court
    9. The mysterious visitor

  15. THE SHADOW OF THE WOLF 1925
    (JT)

  16. THE D'ARBLAY MYSTERY 1926
    Gipsmasken
    (JT)

  17. THE MAGIC CASKET 1927
    (JT)

    1. The magic casket
    2. The contents of a mare's nest
    3. The stalking horse
    4. The naturalist at law
    5. Mr. Ponting's alibi
    6. Pandora's box
    7. The trail of Behemoth
    8. The pathologist to the rescue
    9. Gleanings from the wreckage

  18. A CERTAIN DR. THORNDYKE 1927
    (JT)

  19. THE SURPRISING EXPERIENCES OF MR. SHUTTLEBURY COBB 1927

  20. AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT 1928
    Dödslågan
    (JT)

  21. FLIGHTY PHYLLIS 1928

  22. MR. POTTERMACK'S OVERSIGHT 1930
    Mr Pottermacks misstag
    (JT)

  23. PONTIFEX, SON AND THORNDYKE 1931
    (JT)

  24. WHEN ROGUES FALL OUT 1932 (Dr. Thorndyke's discovery)
    (JT)

  25. DR. THORNDYKE INTERVENES 1933
    Doktor Thorndyke ingriper
    (JT)

  26. FOR THE DEFENCE: DR. THORNDYKE 1934
    (JT)

  27. THE PENROSE MYSTERY 1936
    (JT)

  28. FELO DE SE? 1937 (Death at the inn)
    (JT)

  29. THE STONEWARE MONKEY 1938
    (JT)

  30. MR. POLTON EXPLAINS 1940
    (JT)

  31. THE JACOB STREET MYSTERY 1942 (The unconscious witness)
    (JT)

  32. THE DEAD HAND AND OTHER UNCOLLECTED STORIES 1999

    1. The sign of the ram
    2. The dead hand
    3. The mystery of Hoo Marsh
    4. The mystery of the seven banana skins
       Bananbomben




  33. THE BEST DR. THORNDYKE DETECTIVE STORIES 1973

    1. 31, New Inn




  34. THE ADVENTURES OF ROMNEY PRINGLE 1902 *
    (RP)

    1. The Assyrian rejuvenator
    2. The Foreign Office despatch
    3. The Chicago heiress
    4. The lizard's scale
    5. The paste diamonds
    6. The Kailyard novel

  35. THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF ROMNEY PRINGLE 1905 *
    (RP)

    1. The submarine boat
    2. The Kimberley fugitive
    3. The silk worms of Florence
    4. The box of specie
    5. The silver ingots
    6. The house of detention

  36. FROM A SURGEON'S DIARY 1975 *

    1. The adventure at Heath Crest
    2. How I acted for an invalid doctor
    3. How I attended a nervous patient
    4. How I met a very ignorant practitioner
    5. How I cured a hopeless paralytic
    6. How I helped to lay a ghost

  37. THE QUEEN'S TREASURE 1975 *



* Written together with J. J. Pitcairn

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