Review: Good stories.  Marginal navigation.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 16, 2011
Since I hadn't read anything with this character previously I will address both the content and the formatting.Kindle formatting and navigation:  Linked table of contents to the individual books and anthologies (nice) but not to the chapters within the books (would've been nice to have).  Scalable font.  The pictures were a bit wasted on the six inch screen but they were nice to have on the PC app.  All in all formatting is a 4.5 out of 5, the half star being deducted for the lack of chapter links.Content:  I enjoyed meeting Dr. Thorndyke and Dr. Jervis but I didn't get as attached to them as to, say, Poirot or Miss Marple or Sherlock Holmes.  There was much less of "them" present in the works... although the fact that Dr. Thorndyke never quite figured out how inept Dr. Jervis was grated a little... maybe I am too used to watching Poirot and Holmes watch indulgently as Hastings and Watson bumble along to believe anyone could be blind to his inadequacies.  The mysteries themselves were generally pretty decent, and the detective work was quite interesting.  Of the three long tales one of the three was incredibly predictable, and two of the three were moderately predictable.  The short stories were far more enjoyable although they were also mostly predictable.  They were fun and kept me reading more so than the novels did.  If I had to guess at the goal of the author just from these four works I would have to say that he was trying to illustrate new methods of detection and problem solving in an entertaining way much more than he was trying to tell stories about interesting characters.  Novels 3.5 stars.  Short stories 4 stars.Decent read.  Might try to find some other short story collections with these characters.