In "The Mystery of 31 New Inn," R. Austin Freeman masterfully intertwines a complex narrative of crime and deduction, set against the backdrop of early 20th-century England. This work, notable for its pioneering use of the 'inverted detective story' format, transports readers to a world where a polymath detective, Dr. John Thorndyke, unraveling a seemingly unsolvable murder, relies on empirical ev...