A locked room. A baffling disappearance. A murder that seems to defy explanation.
Enter Professor Augusta Van Dusen, a brilliant scientist who believes that no mystery is truly impossible. To The Lady Logician, every perplexing case is simply a problem of logic waiting to be solved.

Augusta Van Dusen is a reimagining of Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, the famous detective created by Jacques Futrelle in his classic Thinking Machine stories. Augusta shares her predecessor’s extraordinary intelligence and his absolute confidence in reason. She is convinced that even the strangest mystery must have a logical solution.

The stories take place in the world of classic Golden Age detective fiction, when mysterious crimes and brilliant detectives captivated readers. Augusta moves through that world with a scientist’s mind, examining each case with calm confidence while everyone else struggles to understand what has happened.

Whether you're discovering Jacques Futrelle for the first time by listening to this, or returning to these stories after many years, this collection offers an entertaining new way to experience some of his most memorable mysteries.