# The Fallibility of Perception in The Red Thumbmark

> Theme guide for The Red Thumbmark by R. Austin Freeman.

Characters repeatedly misinterpret evidence or jump to conclusions, as when the police and lawyers assume Reuben's guilt based on a thumbprint, only for Thorndyke to reveal it as a forgery.

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