Volume IV contains the fourth, fifth, and sixth Thorndyke novels,
published in 1914, 1922, and 1923, respectively. Covering different
periods in the doctor's career, each of these shows Thorndyke's skills
at their finest.
- A Silent Witness - When a young doctor finds a body that almost
immediately vanishes, he's drawn into a dangerous plot which endangers
his own life, and eventually leads the murderer to strike at
Thorndyke's own door.
- Helen Vardon's Confession - In this unusual adventure, Helen
Vardon tells her own story, in which her future is nearly stolen from
her, and she is set on a path leading to her ultimate destruction -
unless Dr. Thorndyke can save her.
- The Cat's Eye - An inheritance with ties to the Jacobite Rising of
1745 sets in motion a series of events that threatens not only
Thorndyke's friends, but his own life as well.