The Shadow of the Wolf

The Shadow of the Wolf by R. Austin Freeman is about cunning Detective Dr. Thorndyke as he tracks down and delves deep into the mind of a dangerous killer. Excerpt: "ABOUT half-past eight on a fine, sunny June morning a small yacht crept out of Sennen Cove, near the Land's End, and headed for the open sea. On the shelving beach of the Cove two women and a man, evidently, visitors (or "foreigners," to use the local term), stood watching her departure with the valedictory waving of cap or handkerchief; and the boatman who had put the crew on board, aided by two of his comrades, was hauling his boat up above the tide-mark."