Eye of Osiris

When John Bellingham, an English gentleman and amateur Egyptologist, vanishes from his own study, he leaves behind only silence and mystery. No body, no ransom demand, no footprints in the night, just a man who walked into a room and never walked out. The police are baffled, but Dr. John Thorndyke, the pioneering medico-legal detective, cannot resist a puzzle that defies conventional explanation. His involvement arises partly from professional curiosity, partly from his former student now entangled with the missing man's family. As Thorndyke applies his forensic expertise to the case, he must unravel a web woven from ancient Egyptian mysteries and very modern greed. The Eye of Osiris stands as a remarkable early example of the scientific detective story, where logic and evidence do battle with illusion and deceit. Freeman, drawing on his own medical training, created a detective who reasons from facts rather than intuition, making this required reading for anyone who believes the truth can always be found, if one knows where to look.