{"product_id":"2940013083714","title":"JOHN THORNDYKE'S CASES","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI.      THE MAN WITH THE NAILED SHOES\u003cbr\u003eII.     THE STRANGER'S LATCHKEY\u003cbr\u003eIII.    THE ANTHROPOLOGIST AT LARGE\u003cbr\u003eIV.     THE BLUE SEQUIN\u003cbr\u003eV.      THE MOABITE CIPHER\u003cbr\u003eVI.     THE MANDARIN'S PEARL\u003cbr\u003eVII.    THE ALUMINIUM DAGGER\u003cbr\u003eVIII.   A MESSAGE FROM THE DEEP SEA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJOHN THORNDYKE'S CASES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE MAN WITH THE NAILED SHOES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are, I suppose, few places even on the East Coast of England more\u003cbr\u003elonely and remote than the village of Little Sundersley and the country\u003cbr\u003ethat surrounds it. Far from any railway, and some miles distant from any\u003cbr\u003econsiderable town, it remains an outpost of civilization, in which\u003cbr\u003eprimitive manners and customs and old-world tradition linger on into an\u003cbr\u003eage that has elsewhere forgotten them. In the summer, it is true, a\u003cbr\u003esmall contingent of visitors, adventurous in spirit, though mostly of\u003cbr\u003esedate and solitary habits, make their appearance to swell its meagre\u003cbr\u003epopulation, and impart to the wide stretches of smooth sand that fringe\u003cbr\u003eits shores a fleeting air of life and sober gaiety; but in late\u003cbr\u003eSeptember--the season of the year in which I made its acquaintance--its\u003cbr\u003epasture-lands lie desolate, the rugged paths along the cliffs are seldom\u003cbr\u003etrodden by human foot, and the sands are a desert waste on which, for\u003cbr\u003edays together, no footprint appears save that left by some passing\u003cbr\u003esea-bird.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI had been assured by my medical agent, Mr. Turcival, that I should find\u003cbr\u003ethe practice of which I was now taking charge \"an exceedingly soft\u003cbr\u003ebillet, and suitable for a studious man;\" and certainly he had not\u003cbr\u003emisled me, for the patients were, in fact, so few that I was quite\u003cbr\u003econcerned for my principal, and rather dull for want of work. Hence,\u003cbr\u003ewhen my friend John Thorndyke, the well-known medico-legal expert,\u003cbr\u003eproposed to come down and stay with me for a weekend and perhaps a few\u003cbr\u003edays beyond, I hailed the proposal with delight, and welcomed him with\u003cbr\u003eopen arms.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079179059440,"sku":"2940013083714","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013083714_p0.jpg?v=1763576326","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013083714","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}