A review by slferg
The Mystery of Angelina Frood by R. Austin Freeman

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Dr Strangelove is called on when filling in for another doctor in London to visit a patient. He is not given her name or address, but it appears to him that an attempt has been made to strangle her.  After a time, in which he cannot get the woman out of his mind, he is offered the purchase of a deceased doctor’s practice. It’s not a large practice, but it gives him something to do as he has inherited some money but still needs work to supplement it. He is asked to check on a woman who is related to the agent he deals with and discovers her to be the woman from London who is hiding from her husband - who had tried to strangle her and is a neurotic type who uses drugs and drinks. But her husband comes in search of her. He does not find her but she disappears one evening and all are afraid she is dead and that her husband killed her. However Dr Thorndyke, a medical jurist, has taken an interest in the case. 
The story is related by Dr Strangelove who had fallen in love with the mysterious Angelina before she disappeared.