This early work by Richard Austin Freeman was originally published in
1922 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction.
'Helen Vardon's Confession' is one of Freeman's novels of crime and
mystery. The first story featuring his well-known protagonist Dr.
Thorndyke - a medico-legal forensic investigator - was published in
1907, and although Freeman's early works were seen as simple homages to
his contemporary, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, he quickly developed his own
style: The 'inverted detective story', in which the identity of the
criminal is shown from the beginning, and the story then describes the
detective's attempt to solve the mystery.